"कल खेल में हम हो न हो गर्दिश में तारे रहेंगें सदा "

When MUKESH sang these lines he was not aware of the fact that it will become true one day. A TRUE LEGEND Mukesh Chandra Mathur , the finest hindi playback singer , was born in Delhi on 22 July 1923, in a small middle class family. Mukesh was the sixth in a family of ten children. Father Lala Zorawar Chand Mathur was an engineer. But for little Mukesh, music was his destiny. The music teacher who came home to teach Mukesh`s sister Sundar Pyari, found a willing but secret pupil in Mukesh, who used to listen in from the adjoining room. This enabled him to pick up intricacies of music much in the way that little Lata would secretly emulate her father. By the time Mukesh completed his matriculation in 1940, he knew what he wanted to be. He had already given up his job as an assistant surveyor at his father`s workplace. At the age of 17, he came to Mumbai to become a singer. Mukesh`s father was not at all interested but gave in to the persuasion of his wife and brother. and so, it was a singing career for the teenaged Mukesh. Raj Kapoor insisted that Mukesh was his soul. RK first met Mukesh on the sets of `Bansri.` Raj Kapoor was introduced as Prithviraj Kapoor`s son. The two hit it off, instantaneously. Raj Kapoor always called his friend Mukesh Chand. Mukesh sang for RK in his first film Neel Kamal, as leading man. From that day on, till his sudden tragic death Mukesh was Raja Kapoor`s voice in Raja Kapoor`s own productions as `well as leading outside banners. Mukesh`s sweet, vulnerable and extremely sincere voice articulated the emotions of Raj Kapoor, the `Indian tramp` very effectively. Songs like `awaara hoon`. `Mera joota hai japani` could not have been sung by anybody else. Raj Kapoor`s screen persona cannot be so closely identified with Mukesh`s voice because the two were so entirely compatible. The Chulbula `Dum dum diga`, the plaintive `Aansoo bharthain`, the sweetly rustic ;Sajan re jhoot mat bolo` and the heart wrenching `Jaane kahan gaye oh din`, were songs that typified the films and character of Raj Kapoor. Mukesh Chand Mathur breathed his last in 1976 on this day 30 years back in Detroit. But his voice will never die. It will remain evergreen in the minds of millions of music lovers across the globe, whether it be the soulful Dil jalta Hai, the classic Chandan Sa Badan or Kabhie Kabhie, the most successful romantic song in hindi film history which is still on the lips of the young and the old alike even today! AWARD'S : MUKESH BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (AWARDS) 1959 Filmfare Sab Kuchh Seekha Hamne Anari - Play back for RajKapoor 1970 Filmfare Sabse Bada Nadan Wahi Hai Pehchan - Playback for Manoj Kumar 1972 Filmfare Jai Bolo Beiman Ki Jai Bolo Be-Imaan - Playback for Manoj Kumar 1974 National Award Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai Rajni Gandha - Background Song 1976 Filmfare Kabhi Kabhee Mere Dil Mein Kabhi Kabhee - Playback for Amitabh

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards:

• 1967 - Best Male Playback Singer for Teesri Kasam
• 1968 - Best Male Playback Singer for Milan
• 1970 - Best Male Playback Singer for Saraswatichandra

Nominated For: o 1961 - Hothon Pe Sacchai song in the film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai o 1964 - Dost Dost Na Raha song in the film Sangam o 1967 - Sawan Ka Mahina song in the film Milan o 1970 - Bas Yehi Apradh Main song in the film Pehchan o 1972 - Ek Pyar Ka Nagma song in the film Shor o 1974 - Main Na Bhoolunga song in the film Roti Kapda Aur Makaan o 1976 - Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar song in the film Kabhie Kabhie o 1976 - Ek Din Bik Jayega, Maati Ke song in the film Dharam Karam o 1977 - Suhani Chandni Raten song in the film Mukti o 1978 - Chanchal Sheetal song in the film Satyam Shivam Sundaram TO DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO PLZ. GO TO THE FOLLOWING link..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRKs7O0iX_0 BANDINI : O Janewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana

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