Timeless Nightingale: Lata Mangeshkar takes us back in time as she unveils calendar Humsafar on her musical journey

In an age when to the pages of a calendar feature skimpily clad models mostly making a splash, one with black and white images of Bollywood's yesteryear beauties is a pleasant change.

Lata Mangeshkar Playback icon on Thursday unveiled a calendar for 2013 titled Humsafar featuring stunning pictures of 17 prominent actresses of the past. She released the almanac at her residence in Mumbai Prabhu Kunj.

Lata has picked some of her favorite actresses she enjoyed doing For Whom playback in her career. "The calendar is in black and white as it depicts the era I have lived in, where in I have sung for versatile actresses in my 70-year long career. The Humsafar calendar is a tribute to yesteryear actresses from Madhubala, Nargis, Meena Kumari , Waheeda Rehman and Nanda to Dimple Kapadia and Madhuri Dixit, "she said, while flipping through the pages of the calendar, Brought out by Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan.