Birth name - Mukesh Chand Mathur
Nickname- The Man with the Golden Voice
Born - July 22, 1923(1923-07-22)
Delhi, British India
Died -August 27, 1976(1976-08-27) (aged 53)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genres - Playback singing
Occupations - singer
Instruments - Vocalist
Years active - 1940–1976
Mukesh Chand Mathur (Hindi: मुकेश चन्द माथुर) (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976) was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood.
Mukesh Chand Mathur was born in a Punjabi Kayastha family in Delhi to Zorawar Chand Mathur, an engineer, and Chand Rani. He was the sixth in a family of ten children. The music teacher who came home to teach Mukesh’s sister, Sundar Pyari, found a pupil in Mukesh who would listen from the adjoining room.
Mukesh left school after the 12th grade and worked briefly for the Delhi Department of Public Works. He experimented with voice recordings during his employment in Delhi and gradually developed his singing abilities.
Mukesh married Sarla Trivedi Raichand alias Bachhiben in a temple in Kandiwali in 1946, at the residence of R. D. Mathur. Sarla was the daughter of a Gujarati Brahmin millionaire.
Mukesh and Sarla were forced to elope. Everyone made dire predictions of unhappy days and divorce, but both weathered the lean days and celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary on 22 July 1976, five days before his departure for the U.S.A. on 27 July 1976. The couple had five children – Rita, Nitin, Nalini(d. 1978), Mohnish (Taboo – nickname) and Namrata (Amrita). He is the grandfather of actor Neil Nitin Mukesh.
Mukesh’s voice was first noticed by Motilal, a distant relative, when he sang at his sister’s wedding.
Mukesh was offered a role in a Hindi film, Nirdosh (Innocent) (1941). His first song was dil hi bujha hua ho to as an actor singer for Nirdosh.
He got his break as a playback singer for Actor Motilal in 1945 with the film Pehli Nazar’ with Music by Anil Biswas & Lyrics by Aah Sitapuri’ (First Look). The first song that he sang for a Hindi film was Dil Jalta Hai to Jalne De (If the heart burns, let it burn), which was picturised on Motilal.
He is best known for the songs he sang as a playback singer for Raj Kapoor, a legendary actor/director of Bollywood in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1974, Mukesh received National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Kain baar yoon bhi dekhaa hai from Rajnigandha (1974), and Filmfare Awards for the songs Sab Kuch Seekha in the movie Anari (1959), Sabse bada naadan wahi hai in Pehchaan (1970), Jai Bolo in Be Imaan (1972) and Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein, the title song of Kabhie Kabhie (1976).
Death
Mukesh died of a heart attack on 27 August 1976 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, where he had gone to perform in a concert. His body was carried back to India by Lata Mangeshkar, where a grand funeral ceremony was held in the presence of several famous actors, personalities of the Indian film industry, and fans paying tribute.
Awards
1974 - National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Kain baar yoon bhi dekhaa hai song in the film Rajnigandha
1959 - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Subkuchh seekha humne song in the film Anari (inaugural)
1970 - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Sabse bada naadan song in the film Pehchan
1972 - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Jai bolo beiman ki song in the film Beimaan
1976 - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein song in the film Kabhi Kabhie
List of Mukesh Hindi Movies Songs
Filmography
- Pehli Nazar (First Look) (1945)
- Mela (The Fair) (1948)
- Aag (Fire) (1948)
- Andaz (1949)
- Awaara (1951)
- Aah (1953)
- Barsaat (1953)
- Shree 420 (1955)
- Parvarish (Upbringing) (1958)
- Phir Subaha Hogi (1958)
- Anari (Fool) (1959)
- Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)
- Chhalia (1960)
- Bumbai ka Babu (1960)
- Hum Hindustani (1960)
- Banjarin (1960)
- Mera Ghar Mere Bachhe (1960)
- HoneyMoon (1960)
- Phool Bane Angarey (1962)
- Aashiq (1962)
- Dil Hi To Hai (1963)
- Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963)
- Parasmani (1963)
- Sangam (1964)
- Ishaara (1964)
- Himalay ki God Mein (1965)
- Lal Bungla (1966)
- Gunaho ka devta (1967)
- Raat Aur Din (1967)
- Saraswatichandra (1968)
- Sambandh (1969)
- Vishwas (1969)
- Mera Naam Joker (1970)
- ek Bar Muskura Do (1972)
- Dharam Karam (1975)
- Dus Numbari (1975)
- Sanyasi (1975)
- Do Jasoos (1975)
- Darinda (1977)
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)
Best Of Mukesh:
Dum Dum Diga Diga - Chhaliya
Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein – Hum Hindustani
Jo Tumko Ho Pasand Wahi Baat Karenge - Safar
Sawan Ka Mahina – Milan
Gaata Rahe Mera Dil – Guide
Mere Man Ki Ganga – Sangam
Ruk Ja, Ruk Ja O Jaanewaali Ruk Ja - Kanhaiya
Ek Din Bik Jayega, Maati Ke Mol – Dharam Karam
Dost dost na raha – Sangam
Mukesh at Filmfare’s
Mukesh at Filmfare’s first award function (1959) and he won his first Filmfare Playback Singer Award ” from his fan & president of Egypt A’l Nasir. for the song Sub kuch seekha humne na seekhi hosiyari “.
Mukesh Family Pictures
Mukesh With baby Nitin
Mukesh in Playful Mood With Children’s : Nitin , Rita & Nalini
Mukesh with his wife Saral, children’s & mother.
Mukesh with his wife Saral after their marriage
Mukesh with his wife Saral & children’s
Mukesh (right) with family members
A Rare photo of Mukesh’s Family members
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