Mukesh - Film Hits - TAE 1359 - Odeon - (Condition - 80-85%) - EP Record

Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh or Mukesh Ji, was an Indian playback singer of Hindi movies. Along with Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, he was one of the most popular singers of his era. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh is also popular as being the voice of legendary actor Raj Kapoor.

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".

Mukesh was such a fan of singer K. L. Saigal that in his early years of playback singing he used to imitate his idol.[citation needed] In fact, it is said that when K. L. Saigal first heard the song "Dil Jalta Hai...", he remarked, "That's strange, I don't recall singing that song". Mukesh created his own singing style with the help of music director Naushad Ali, who helped Mukesh to come out of his Saigal style and create his own style. Naushad gave him songs for the film Andaz. Initially Mukesh was the ghost voice of Dilip Kumar in this movie and Mohammed Rafi sang for Raj Kapoor. He delivered many Hits for Naushad in films like: Anokhi Ada (1948), Mela(1948), Andaz (1949). Other composers who used Mukesh voice for Dilip Kumar in Hit songs like Jeevan Sapna toot gaya were Anil Biswas in Anokha Pyar, Ye Mera Diwanapan hai, Shankar-Jaikishan in Yahudi and Suhana Safar and Dil Tadap Tadap ke, Salil Choudhary in Madhumati. However, later Dilip Kumar choose Rafi as his ghost voice and Mukesh became the ghost voice of Raj Kapoor.

Record Details

Title

Mukesh - Film Hits - TAE 1359

Singer

Mukesh

Producer

Mazhar Art Productions, Ambitious Pictures, Roopkala Pictures & Rvai Kala Chitra

Music

Anil Biswas, Roshan, Dattaram & S.N. Tripathi

Lyrics

Aah Sitapuri, Kidar Sharma, Hasrat Jaipuri & Bharat Vyas

Releasing Year

1967

Genre

Film Hits

Language

Hindi

Label

Odeon

Made In

India

Manufacture

The Gramophone Company Of India Limited

Serial No

TAE 1359

Side One

• Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De – (Pehli Nazar)

Mukesh

• Teri Duniyamen – (Bawre Nain)

Mukesh

Side Two

• Ansoo Bhari Hai – (Parvarish)

Mukesh

• Lout Ke Aja Mere Meet – (Rani Rupmati)

Mukesh

Specification

Size

7 Inches

Speed

45 RPM

Record Condition

80-85%

Cover Condition

Excellent