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A great singer named Mukesh was known in the hindi film industry for his unique voice. He was born as Mukesh Chand Mathur on July 23rd, 1923 at Delhi in a middle class Punjabi family. He was sixth in the family of ten childrens. He was commonly known as ‘The Man With the Golden Voice’ in the industry. He has spread his magic of voice between the year 1950 to 1970 where he was considered among one of the leading playback singers. He had a magic in his voice with which he casted a spell on listeners. He was not very good at studies and therefore left the school after completing his high school. He got married to Sarla Trivedi who was the daughter of a millionaire Gujrati family. Mukesh was interested in acting and singing from childhood and was a great fan of Kundan Lal Saigal (K.L. Saigal). Once he was singing in his sister’s marriage and there he was first noticed by Motilal who was a popular actor of his times.

From there he was sent to Mumbai in 1940 for his voice training under Pandit Jaganath Prasad. After one year he started his singing as well as acting career with the movie ‘Nirdosh‘ in which he also acted. But the movie was proved to be a flop at the box office. His notable song in that film was “Dil Hi Bujha Hua Hai To“. It took around four years to get settled in the industry and in 1945, he sang the very famous song “Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De” in ‘Pehli Nazar’. The song was picturized on none other than Motilal. His voice was almost imitating the legendary singer actor K. L. Saigal which brought him instant popularity and he was shot to fame. After that he never looked back. His tuning also got set with famous music directors such as Naushad and Anil Biswas. They gave him some useful tips under which his singing quality got enhanced. Those tips helped him a lot and he developed a style of his own.

Then he showed his class in ‘Mela’ (1948), ‘Anokha Pyar’ (1948) and ‘Andaaz‘ (1949). He has given his voice mainly to legendary Raj Kapoor and Manoj Kumar. He also got popularity as ‘The Ghost Voice Of Raj Kapoor‘. He had a kind of voice which suited to Raj Kapoor and therefore Raj Kapoor also preferred him as his playback singer in most of his movies. His some popular songs for Raj Kapoor are “Awaara Hoon”, “Jaane Na Nazar”, “Mera Joota Hai Japani“, “Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai”, “Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe Ho Nissar” and “Aa Ab Laut Laut Chalein”. He has worked with some of the most talented music composers and directors such as Shankar-Jaikishen, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, S.D. Burman, Kalyanji-Anandji, Salil Chowdhury, Usha Khanna etc. His last song was in 1978 in the movie ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram‘ which was released after his death. He died on August 27th, 1976. He has won National Award for “Kahin Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai” from ‘Rajnigandha’ and also Filmfare Best Playback Singer four times.

Hit songs of Mukesh are:

1. Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai - Shor
2. Tu Kahe Agar - Andaz
3. Dost Dost Naa Rahaa - Sangam
4. Awaara Hoon - Awaara
5. O Janewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aanaa - Bandini
6. Sawan Ka Mahina - Milan
7. Khayalon Mein Kisi Ke - Bawre Nain
8. Yeh Meraa Deewanaapan Hai - Yahudi
9. Mera Joota Hai Japaani - Shree 420
10. Ek Din Bik Jaayega Maati Ke Mol - Dharam

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