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Lata Mangeshkar – Mukesh Duets
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Lata and Mukesh sang almost 152 duets together in Hindi films. The bulk of Mukesh-Lata duets were composed by Shankar Jaikishan (34 duets), Laxmikant Pyarelal (29) and Kalyanji Anand Ji (20). Together these three music directors composed 54% of the total Lata/Mukesh duets. Shankar Jaikishan gave Lata/Mukesh ...
Mukesh – Part 4
Perhaps the only calculating thing Mukesh ever did was to engineer an elopement to marry his beloved Saral. That was the name of the Gujarati girl Mukesh fell in love with and wished to marry. Families on both sides disapproved. Friend and mentor, Motilal was called in to perform the Kanyadaan. Mukesh was in private ...
Mukesh – Part 3
There were other actors who benefited from the use of Mukesh’s vocals. Dilip Kumar who openly admitted his admiration for the singer. The pensive ‘Mr. Bharat’ Manoj Kumar who used Mukesh’s voice in most of his films. ‘Tum bin jeevan kaise beeta poocho mere dil se’sings the forlorn Manoj to the reluctant sanyasin Sadhana in ...
Mukesh – Part 2
Though Mukesh’s burning desire was to follow in the footsteps of Saigal Saab, veteran composers Naushad and Anil Biswas would have none of it. They took it upon themselves to wean Mukesh from his Saigalesque inclinations. Anil Biswas succeeded in doing this with the song ‘Jeevan sapna toot gaya’ in 1948. Naushad insisted on pulling ...
Mukesh – Part 1
‘Everytime he sang, his sincerity and vulnerability shone through, leaving no doubt that here was a true gentleman’. That cannot be said of any other Hindi playback singer, except the sweetly sensitive and truly noble Mukesh Chand Mathur. Together with Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, he completed the trinity of silver throats who enriched and ...
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Lata - Suraiya Duets
Lata Mangeshkar's Song List - 1954
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