Thursday 27 August 2020

Mukesh- It was Naushad who asked him to sing in his style

 


In the 40s KL Saigal was the voice of the nation, every male singer used to sing in his style. Our great singers, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, or Mukesh were his fans and used to sing in his style. If you listen to their earlier songs, you will not recognize their voice.  In fact, it is said that when K. L. Saigal first heard the song "Dil Jalta Hai..." sung by Mukesh, he remarked, "That's strange, I don't recall singing that song.

In the 40s, there was a trend of singing actors, there was no playback singing prevailing in those days. The hero or heroine was taken on the basis of their singing ability. Mukesh was offered the role of a hero opposite Nalini Jaywant in the 1941 film Nirdosh.In this film, he had a duet with Nalini Jaywant and also a solo.

Mukesh and Suraiya.

Naushad though worked very less with him but asked him to sing on his own voice. In Mela, the song " Gaye Ja Geet Milan Ke" became a smash hit after that most of the composers asked him to sing on his own style.

Naushad composed approximately 23 songs for Mukesh, out of which 15 were solos and 8 were duets.  Naushad created some of the best gems for Mukesh including Kabhi dil dil sai takrata to hoga, Main bhanwara tou hai phool and Tu kahe agar

Naushad in an interview disclosed an interesting fact that Mukesh could never sing without a harmonium. This was because he thought that he would go out of tune. In fact, many times I had to pad up the harmonium, and whenever we did that the result was much better.


Song of Nirdosh 1941
Song of Nirdosh 1941

Song of Sukh Dukh

Song of Mukesh from Moniika Unreleased Film

Song of Pehli Nazar 1945


Song of Chaand Sitaare (1948) 

Song of Anokhi Ada 1948

Song of Anokhi Ada 1948

Song of Mela 1948


Song of Andaz 1949

Song of Andaz 1949

Song of Saathi 1968




















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