On his fifth death anni today...
Neele gagan ke taley...
Dharti ka pyar paley...
Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jayen hum dono....
and many more...
Mahendra Kapoor (MK) was born in Amritsar, Punjab on January 9th, 1934. Since his childhood, Rafi was his idol and he held an ambition to become a Bollywood singer like Rafi. So he soon moved to Mumbai. It so happened that he won All India-Singing competition in mid 1950’s and immediately was spotted by Maestro MD C. Ramchandra. C. Ramchandra gave MK a break in V. Shantaram’s Film Navarang of 1958 where he sang Aadha Hai Chandrama brilliantly. This song was based upon Raga Malkauns. And with the popularity of this song, MK came into limelight. Especially, Bollywood icon B. R. Chopra liked his voice and MK became a permanent feature as a singer for B. R. Chopra Films.
Neele gagan ke taley...
Dharti ka pyar paley...
Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jayen hum dono....
and many more...
Mahendra Kapoor (MK) was born in Amritsar, Punjab on January 9th, 1934. Since his childhood, Rafi was his idol and he held an ambition to become a Bollywood singer like Rafi. So he soon moved to Mumbai. It so happened that he won All India-Singing competition in mid 1950’s and immediately was spotted by Maestro MD C. Ramchandra. C. Ramchandra gave MK a break in V. Shantaram’s Film Navarang of 1958 where he sang Aadha Hai Chandrama brilliantly. This song was based upon Raga Malkauns. And with the popularity of this song, MK came into limelight. Especially, Bollywood icon B. R. Chopra liked his voice and MK became a permanent feature as a singer for B. R. Chopra Films.
Mahendra kapoor was an undoubtedly wonderful singer----آدھا ہے چندرما رات آدھی ---an unforgettable song-Thanks a lot Sadaf Fayyaz, for writing a note on him , he very much deserved a remembrance.
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