Remembering Mukesh-30th Death Anniversary!
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!
One of the classic true stories of musicdom concerns a top-notch classical vocalist, playback singer Mukesh and veteran music director Kalyanji. The singer was leaving the composer's music room after a sitting when the classical luminary entered for a social call. After Mukesh departed, this worthy told Kalyanjibhai, "Look at the irony! What does that man know about classical raag and sur? And he drives a Mercedes and I have to travel by bus!" Kalyanjibhai beckoned the man to sit next to him and asked him to sing Chandan sa badan chanchal chitwan along with the harmonium. The classical singer sang the line, with excessive murki as per his training. Kalyanjibhai again explained to him the exact notes. Try as he might, the classical maestro could not get the requisite straight and heart-touching rendition needed for this Saraswatichandra classic. Gently, the composer drove home his point by telling him, Ab aap ko pataa chalaa ke woh Mercedes main kyoon ghoomte hain? (Do you now realise why he drives a Mercedes?) -
He was considered to be the Voice of Raj Kapoor. Mukesh had a voice which could convey pathos very well and many of his songs like Dil jalta Hain, Saaranga Teri Yaad Mein etc. are examples.
His last film song was Chanchal Sheetal Nirmal Komal, from Satyam Shivam Sundaram. He won his fourth and last Film Fare Award prosthumously in 1976 for Kabhie Kabhie.It was just sheer coincidence that one of the doyens of Indian Cinema, Hrishikesh Mukherjee whose film Rajnigandha was instrumental in getting Mukesh his first National Award died today!
Credits: Mukesh Website
I present the song Dost Dost from Sangam. This song is from an old montage and was recorded in 1997 in the days of Analog recording! So please do bear with the quality, and mistakes if any.
Song: Dost Dost Na Raha
Film: Sangam
Music: Shanker Jaikishen
Lyrics: Shailendra
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posted by Pradip Somasundaran at 10:17 PM
12 Comments:
interesting, i felt your 1997 voice timbre quite good actually. one of my all time fav of mukesh (well i like all his songs)is koi dil mein ....kise yaad rakhum from Anurag
Wonderful as always.
Brought out the mood so well!
For me "dost dost na raha" is an unforgettable song for many reasons. Many memories some of them sad and perhaps disturbing are associated with this song.
Would be wonderful if you could sing a Salil Chowdhury number? Hindi or Malayalam...
Pradipji
so melodious and haunting.
Mukesh voice is unique indeed.
Kurur, thanks for enjoying Dost Dost! Did you hear "Tasveer Mere Dil" a duet I sang with with Swati? That's a Salil Choudhry song... p
Awesome Pradip. You were very close to the original. You should do more of Mukesh's.
After I heard your song, I read an interview with Lataji on Mukesh ; she says mukeshji should have sung many complex songs given to
Mannadey or Rafisab; because she know Mukeshji did constant practice in music with his son Nithin and music teacher.
Thanks 4 sharing this song, very much pradeepEtta.
--Sreejith
Pradip,
Excellent again. Enjoyed a lot . Keep them coming. Req: 'Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyara' :)
Not a great fan of this song. But you sound good as usual.
I loved this song!! And tasveer tere dil mein, is a perennial favourite!! :)Thx, Pradip!! :)
maddy, sindhu,kurur,ganesh,lalita,sreejith,soumitra,murali,velu...thanks:-)
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