Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923, Delhi, British India – 27 August 1976 Detroit, USA)Mukesh was the sixth in a family of ten children. Mukesh left school after the 10th grade and worked for a short time for the Delhi Department of Public Works.
Mukesh and Sarla Trivedi (1928 –2008) eloped and got married in a temple. Sarla was from a wealthy Gujarati Brahmin family.The couple had five children, Rita, Nitin(playback singer), Nalini(d. 1978), Mohnish and Namrata.
Mukesh was noticed by Motilal(a distant relative of Mukesh) when he sang at his sister's wedding. Motilal brought him to Bombay. He got his break as a playback singer in 1945 with the film Pehli Nazar . The first song he sang for a Hindi film was Dil Jalta Hai to Jalne de, which was filmed on Motilal. Mukesh was a fan of K L Sehgal and initially emulated him.
Mukesh also tried and make it as a singing star. Mashuqa (1953) with Suraiya and Anuraag (1956) with Usha Kiran both failed at the box-office. He also did a small role as a tangewala enacting his own song - "Chhoti si ye Zindgani" in Aah (1953)Mukesh is best known as the voice (playback) of Raj Kapoor, but he has sung maximum songs for Manoj Kumar.
Mukesh died of a heart attack in Detroit in 1976, where he had gone for a concert with Lata Mangeshkar.
He received Filmfare awards for ...
- Sab kuchh seekha, Anari (1959)
- Sab se bada nadaan,Pehchan (1970)
- Jai bolo beimaan ki, Beimaan (1972)
- Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein, Kabhi Kabhi (1976..after death).
I thank Dinesh Pithia for helping me pay tribute to Mukesh.
Movie: Modern girl
Original Singers: Mukesh, Suman Kalyanpur
Music Director: Ravi
Lyricist: Gulshan Bawra
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12 comments:
Delightful, heartwarming, and very pleasant!
Such were the melodies of yesteryears that made you feel happy and at peace.
You both did a very nice job! Thanks for sharing!
Heard this song after a lo-o-ng time. Beautiful rendition by both of you. Liked it a lot!
Felt the effects were slightly different in yours and Dinesh' voice tracks.
Paras,
First of all I would like to thank you for making me a part for this wonderful duet. I really like your
placement of themes on important occasion. Brief life sketch on Mukeshji is also nicely written and you have done your singing part extremely well. I like it!
Thanks for sharing your music!
Really enjoying it.
Regards,
Kusum
It was a delight listening to the golden melody. Dinesh's voice is perfect for Mukesh songs ! Very well done both Dinesh and Paras !
Paras didi your voice clarity is excellent in this song.
Parasji,
Aik dafa phir aap ka selection bohat acha laga! Aap ka gane ka style bohat acha hai. Dinesh bhai ki awaz aik dam Mukesh jaisi hai.
Hi Dr. Parasmani,
I am continuously going through a melodious memory lane here. Thanks for bringing all these songs back on the surface. Very much enjoyed both of your voices. A great tribute to a legend.
Keep Singing ... me listening
Shantha
I felt so pleasant listening to this one .... :)
Gr88 job both of you !!!
Regards,
Deepak
It was a pleasure listening to this beautiful song after a long time. Both of you did a great job.
regards
RK
Thank you Bharti, Azam, Asim and Shantha for your support.
Dr. Kusum....I am glad you enjoyed the song.
Dinesh...I appreciate your friendship.
Babar Sahab..you do not know how much your encouragement means to me.
Deepak..that was very nice of you.
RK..I really appreciate you taking time to listen to this song and your kind words.
Thank you Azam, Asim, Bharti,
Dr. Kusum, Babar Sahab, Shantha, Deepak Roy & R.K for support and appreciation.
Thank you Paras for trusting my voice for this special song.
Thank you all!
Dinesh
Paras & Dinesh
Ye Mausam, very nicely sung. Almost brought that old glory of melodious singing back. Enjoyed throughly.
Best regards,
Bhavna Sonegra
(Canada)
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