Mukesh

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MUKESH CHAND MATHUR (22 JULY 1923 – 27 AUGUST 1976), BETTER KNOWN MONONYMOUSLY AS MUKESH, WAS AN INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER. MUKESH, IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND ACCLAIMED PLAYBACK SINGERS OF THE HINDI FILM INDUSTRY. AMONGST THE NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS HE WON, HIS SONG "KAI BAAR YUHI DEKHA HAI" FROM THE FILM RAJNIGANDHA (1973) WON HIM THE NATIONAL FILM AWARD FOR BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER.

MUKESH WAS ALSO POPULAR AS BEING THE VOICE OF ACTORS RAJ KAPOOR, MANOJ KUMAR, FEROZ KHAN, SUNIL DUTT AND DILIP KUMAR.

MUKESH WAS BORN IN DELHI IN HINDU KAYASTHA FAMILY. HIS PARENTS WERE ZORAWAR CHAND MATHUR, AN ENGINEER, AND CHANDRANI MATHUR. 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 10TH GRADE AND WORKED BRIEFLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. HE EXPERIMENTED WITH VOICE RECORDINGS DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT IN DELHI AND GRADUALLY DEVELOPED HIS SINGING ABILITIES AND ALSO HIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SKILLS.

MUKESH'S VOICE WAS FIRST NOTICED BY MOTILAL, A DISTANT RELATIVE, WHEN HE SANG AT HIS SISTER'S WEDDING. MOTILAL TOOK HIM TO MUMBAI AND ARRANGED FOR SINGING LESSONS BY PANDIT JAGANNATH PRASAD. DURING THIS PERIOD MUKESH WAS OFFERED A ROLE AS AN ACTOR-SINGER IN A HINDI FILM, NIRDOSH (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 COMPOSED BY ANIL BISWAS AND LYRICS WRITTEN BY AAH SITAPURI. THE FIRST SONG THAT HE SANG FOR A HINDI FILM WAS "DIL JALTA HAI TO JALNE DE".

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