Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan- Tribute to Mukesh

Mukesh Chand Mathur (formal name Zoravar Chand), popularly known as Mukesh, referred to as the man with the golden voice, was one of the finest Indian playback singers along with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar. Mukesh's voice was noticed by Motilal (a popular actor in Hindi films, also a distant relative of Mukesh) when he sang at his sister's wedding. Motilal took him to Bombay, let him stay with him and even arranged for singing lessons for him. During this period, Mukesh managed to bag a role in a Hindi film, Nirdosh (1941). He got his break as a playback singer in 1945 with the film Pehli Nazar. The first song he sang for a Hindi film was Dil Jalta Hai to Jalne De , which was incidentally picturised on Motilal.He is best known for the songs he sang as a playback singer for Raj Kapoor, a legendary actor/director of Bollywood in 1950s and 1960s.In 1974, Mukesh received a National Award for the song Kain baar yoon bhi dekhaa hai from Rajnigandha (1974), and Filmfare Awards for the songs Sab Kuch Seekha in the movie Anari (1959), Ganga Ram Ki Samajh in Pehchaan (1970), Jai Bolo in Be Imaan (1972) and Kabhie Kabhie in the film of the same name (1976).

The song is 'Jeena Yahan' from the super hit film 'Mera Naam Joker'. This song is composed by Shankar - Jaikishan, the great composers. Lyricist Shailendra passed away suddenly in the midst of working on ‘Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan’ and his son Shaily completed his father’s work. This is another experiment in singing a Hindi song from my side. This was recorded along with my earlier post 'Woh Sham'. So there may not be much of an improvement in terms of diction and pronounciation:). Infact these two songs were my first experiment singing hindi songs. Neverthless I am sharing with all of you. Please do give valuable suggestions to improve.

Credits : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukesh

Song 19

Song : Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan

Movie : Mera Naam Joker

Lyrics : Shailendra

Music : Shankar Jaikishan

Originally Sung By : Mukesh

Sung By : Murali Ramanathan

Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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