Celebrities Speak :
Anil Biswas ( Music
Director )
| Ham aas lagaye baitthe hain... tum vaada karke bhool gaye... ya soorat aake dikha jao... ya keh do hamko yaad na kar... |  |
"
Mukesh came to me," says Anil Biswas, "wanting
to be second Kundanlal Saigal. He had just heard Naushad record in the
voice of Saigal, 'jab dil hi toot gaya' for Shahjahan". So he
studiedly cast him in the mould of K.L. Saigal through this song.
"Having done that, and on proving a hit, I told
Mukesh that we had both proved our point that we could do
a Saigal. Now we had, I told him, to prove that
Mukesh was
Mukesh, the genuine product, not just an imitation of Sai-
gal. I had myself cast Mukesh in the Saigal format, and now, I myself brought
him out of it with 'jeevan sapna toot gaya', even getting him to sing, in
his own distinct voice in the same Anokha Pyar, a snatch of 'yaad rakhna
chaand taaron is suhani raat ko'." The raag was darbari, year 1945
and the song brought a still relatively unknown
Mukesh to the altar of public fame. On his death in 1976,
Anil Biswas said that he lost one of his sons.
Noushad ( Music
Director )
| Dil se mita ulfat ka nishaan... tujhse hamara pyaar kahan... pyaar ka naata tod yahin... geet adhoora chhod yahin... main bhi na gaaun tu bhi na ga... |  |
Was it then Anil Biswas who made
Mukesh with "Anokha Pyar"? Biswas certainly put him through his first vocal steps, but then, in the very year in which he claims to have brought Mukesh out of his Saigal trance, Naushad argues that it was he who performed this feat on Dilip Kumar. This is how Naushad argues it came about. Mukesh, says Naushad, had a major drinking problem in his formative years as a singer. "One day," says Naushad, "I caught him drunk during the daytime in Kardar Studios. And I told him: 'Mukeshchand, you've already proved that you can do a Sai- gal. What is it you are now out to prove - that you can out-do Saigal in the matter of drinking too?'" The shot went home. From that point, Mukesh took a firm grip on himself. "He was in tears," says Naushad, "as I offered to demonstrate that he had a voice identifiably his own - that he didn't need to imitate Saigal, or any other singer, to prove his vocal credentials."
Raj Kapoor ( Actor )
| Ek Din Bik Jayega Mati Ke Mole. Jag Mein Rah Jayenge, Pyare Tere Bol. Duje Ke Hontho Ko Dekar Apne Geet... Koi Nishani Chod, Phir Duniya Se Gol... Ek Din Bik Jayega... |
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There was Mukesh - my soul, my voice, I was a mere body. It was he who sang to the hearts of the people all over the world, not me. Raj Kapoor was an image, just a carcass of flesh and bones. When he died, it was destroyed. I felt, there goes my breath, there goes my soul. I know what went away from me. There was a void, a vacuum and then I had to get over it and go on. This is the price an artist pays.
Long Live Mukesh - Long Live His Sangeet.
Lata Mangeshkar ( Co.
Singer )
| Hothon pe sachchai rahti hai.... jahan dil mein safai rahti hai.... hum us desh ke washi hain... hum us desh ke washi hain.... jis desh mein ganga bahti hai.... |  |
To millions of his fans around the globe Mukesh was
a singer of memorable film songs . To me he was much more ! one of the few whose
I respected like an elder brother .
In an age when even a little success distorts a person's perspective ,
Mukesh , despite international fame , was a very humble man . He has left
behind him memories of greatness , both as a human being and as a singer
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Singers sincere silent salute .
Asha Bhonsle ( Co.
Singer )
| Vo subah kabhi to aayegi... jab ambar jhoom ke nachega.... jab dharti naghme gayengi.... vo subah kabhi to aayegi.... |  |
I used to like him very much because his Hindi was excellent. It was very clear and his pronuncation was excellent. No one could match that. We are Maharashtrians and I think my Hindi has improved because of him. His voice had a speciality. He never imitated anyone, he was an original. Jaane kahan gaye woh din from Mera Naam Joker is one of his classics. Ram kare aisa ho jaye is also worth remembering.
Mo. Rafi ( Co. Singer )
| Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya... |  |
" Once, while Rafi Sahab and Noushad Sahab were discussing a song, They were informed that Mukesh had breathed his last in America. Rafi Sahab was stunned. The only words which he uttered were:" Hai kitna achha gayak, kitna achha insaan, kitna pyaara saathi chala gaya ! "
O. P. Naiyyar ( Music Dir. )
| Chal Akela Chal Akela... |
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Mukesh is a handsome,well dressed,and well
educated
man.He has pleasant manners.His style of singing is
distinctive and his own.After hearing him sing "Mein
tho ek kwab hoon"from "Himalay ki god mein" tuned by
Kalyanji and Anandji,I went to a dealer's and
purchased the record.It is my strong belief that no
othersinger can do justice to this song as Mukesh has
done.Moreover, I think it is the best song of 1965,
the best sung, best composed,and best written.