Mukesh was known as Raj Kapoor’s painful voice where he rendered songs like Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan, Mera Joota Hain Japani, Dost Dost Na Raha for the superstar. Not many know that he has acted in quite a lot of films which include Nirdosh (1941), Dukh Sukh (1942), Aadab Arz (1943), Aah (1953), and [...]
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Mukesh Chand Mathur was born on July 22, 1923 in a small middle-class family in Delhi. The first person to notice Mukesh from the film industry was actor Motilal. A distant relative of the singer, he had attended Mukesh’s sister’s wedding in Delhi and was deeply impressed by the young man’s voice. Motilal brought [...]
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Anil Biswas succeeded in doing this with the song `jeevan sapna toot gaya` in 1948. Naushad insisted on pulling up Mukesh sternly whenever he imitated Saigal. He brought out his individualism in several early songs for Dilip Kumar like `Gaye ja geet milan ke` and `Hum aaj kahin dil kho baithe`. Today it is [...]
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