 It was during these years the Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar developed a strong friendship with Susheela and praised all her works frequently.Her work in Film Chandipriya is superb with song "Sri Bhagya Rekha - Janani Janani" with Jayaprada superb dance.MSiswanathan is regarded by her as her mentor and in his music direction she has maximum popular hit songs from 1955–1995.