LEGENDARY:MUKESH CHAND MATHUR
Not many would know that Mukesh Chand Mathur, the singer who later came to be known as Mukesh wanted to be a film actor. He even acted in a few films but thankfully for Hindi film music lovers he got over his acting bug and decided to concentrate on his singing career and what a career it turned out to be. For 22 years he lulled his listeners with his voice and gave them songs that most of them will remember for the rest of their lives.
Background:
Mukesh Chandra Mathur was born on 22nd July 1923, in a small middle class family in Delhi. He was interested in acting and singing right from childhood and was a great fan of Kundan Lal Saigal. In spite of the fact that he only studied till the 10th standard he was able to obtain a good job as an assistant surveyor in the department of public works, where he worked for seven months.
However fate had other plans for him. While in Delhi Mukesh had recorded some non-film songs secretly. Then, Mukesh was bitten by the Bombay bug like scores of other young people before and after him. He arrived in Bombay with the hope of becoming a movie star. He stayed with his relative the famous actor Motilal.
Enters films with great hopes of becoming an actor but becomes a singer instead:
With Motilal's help, Mukesh got a role as an actor in the film Years later, he was to act again in Raj Kapoor's Aah in 1953. His debut as a singer however came in the film Nirdosh with the song ˜Dil hi buja hua ho to.' Then followed a duet with singer Kusum for the film Us Paar the song was ˜Jara boli ri ho.' He later went on to sing the song ˜Badariya baras gayi us paar' with Khursheed in the film Murti. By this time he had established a small place for himself in the hearts of his audience.
Then came an important milestone in his life. The year was 1945 and Anil Biswas asked him to record the song ˜Dil jalta hai to jalne de' for the film Pehli Nazar. That song brought a still relatively unknown Mukesh to the altar of public fame. A legend was born and in the coming decades his golden voice would be heard in songs from Aag Anokhi Adaand, Mela across the entire nation.
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