Lata - Dilip Kumar - Lata Mangeshkar and Dilip Kumar. Once Dilip Kumar, while travelling in a local train with Lata, made fun of her Marathified Hindi and teased her till 'my ears tingled in shame'. Lata decided to work hard on her pronunciation and even took training in Urdu speech. Three decades later, Dilip Kumar recalled the incident and said that now his ears tingle in shame whenever he hears Lata pronounce Hindi words with a rare excellance! (Information from internet)