August 27, 2005 marks the 29th death anniversary of the Mukesh Ji.... With less than 11 days from now.... he would be once again remembered everywhere in this world.... there would be special TV programs , stage shows... etc in India and other countries... Unfortunately nothing looks like happening in or around my town... or even in east coast.... Well but I am still going to spend next 10 days remembering him... by listening all the gr8 songs that he has left us with......its a treasure for some of us.... And I will like to share some of this with you ...

Everyday I will upload some selected songs from different categories... by the gr8 legend Mukesh ji.... I assure you... this would not only be in their best qualities but will make you sing once again... I wish everyone understand Mukesh ji's message..... which he has sung so beautifully... Jyot Se Jyot jagate chalo .. Prem ki ganga bahate chalo.....

BJ how about listing all the songs you hear? All of us can pitch in and expand on our favorites??

HF is ready with a SPECIAL to mark the occasion! Just wait!

Sure T, I will list the ones I listen everyday...

Here is the first upload... Will start with bhajans.... 3 bhajans for today....

Ram Ram Ram Naam Ratt Re......

2nd bhajan.. Ram Kare So hoye Re Manwa... Ram Kare so hoye.....

Before I move to FILMI songs... the 3rd Bhajan is...

Bigdi Baat Bana De Raam...

Wow what a coincidence... with the same thought in mind, yesterday I started listening to Mukesh's songs decade-wise.

Cheers,

Now moving towards... Movie section....

Rajendra Kumar.. the heart throbe of many women during his days.... I still remember how my aunt and all used to say that we never used to miss his movie....

One on of my FAV song picturised on him is Husn Jana Idhar Aa from movie Saathi... but that would be everyone's favorite and sure must be listening them over and over again...

But today I bring 3 songs from Aas Ka Panchhi by Mukesh ji... the famous one tum roothi raho... is the 3rd among them.. but first 2 which not many have heard unless they diehard fans of mukesh ji...

Apni Bhi Kya Zindagi hain nirali........
Jahan gaye thukraye gaye...jaise bottle khaali.....
Apni Bhi kya zindagi hain niral.....


Movie Aas Ka Panchhi....

2nd song from Aas Ka Panchhi....

Aye Dil Pyar Ki Manzil...... Ab hain mukhabil dekh tau le......
Aanchal dhal gaya sir se.. Chand ko apne dekh le....

Lovely wordings... told you .. gonna enjoy this thread....

3rd one bachha bachha knows about this song..... Ab mein kya gustakhi karu yeh song ke baare mein kuch leekh ke... the song itself has told about it through such a popularity of it... many of you might have the song... but just in case if its not in CDQ... will upload this freshly ripped song....

Tum Roothi Raho... Mein Manata Rahoon .. Ke In Ada Aur Pe Aur Pyaar Atta hain...

After this....the next song is Mukesh ji and Talat Sahab's duet... can anyone guess?

Sab kahan, kuch Lalah-o-Gul main Numayan hogayeen
Khak main kya sooratein hongeen, Ke pinhan hogayeen.....

Yes by none other than our Ghalib Sahab....

From Movie Mirza Ghalib... Mukesh ji and Talat Sahab first time togather.... or maybe Kyun Shikwa Kare Kyun Aahein Bhare (Pagli) was the first time....

OK till we get more facts from our users (I hope HITS gonna throw some light on this) .... Enjoy the song...

Couple of weeks back I saw a posting of song from movie Maashuqa... I immediately remembered that there was one more song in this movie by Mukesh ji singing with Suraiya ji.... and was wondering why that was not uploaded or never asked for ? Or Maybe I didnt see it when it was requested before....

Anyways... here is that song...

JhilMile Taare Kare Ishaare ... Soja Raaj Dulare....

By Mukesh ji and Suraiya....


Movie Masshuqa (1953)

Where are all the Mukesh Ji's fan.... I hardly see any participation in this thread except for the postings form T , Unni and Vivek......

Come on dont make me sing... Aye Dil Dekhe hain humne bade bade sangdil............... you know I cant sing that good like Mukesh ji

Nevermind, you don't scare us, we've heard worse! Try us!!

P.S. I am busy making room for your uploads BJ

Oh thanks BJ ...aapne mera naam bhi shaamil kar diya !! ..oops ok thats for vivekpm ... well nice to have a humnaam around
Er.. if thats the only way to make you sing .... .and by 'worse' T-ji means ME ofc so I just helped you out by lowering the 'standards' at SMNS a few notches

Unni Saar.. waiting for The Special Tribute eagerly...
BJ ... would love to hear some Mukesh numbers picturised on your avatar ... some form Raaste Ka Patthar and Adalat come to mind, apart from Kabhi Kabhi ofc. Quite a rare combo.

Wow thats the great idea.We will listen to various kinds of songs of Mukeshji in different moods.

Regards
Manish

His sad songs are my favorites - itni dard bhari awaaz na jaane kahan se nikalte thay. Just a few a weeks ago, I went through a few tissues while digitizing and listening to some oldies but goodies. Na jaane kitne baar sune hai, phir bhi asar baaqi hai and I haven't seen the movies for prob 80 percent of them. I don't recommend listening to all of them at the same time though (like I do, lol).

Some favs of mine:

Jis Dil Mein Basa Tha Pyar Tera, Us Dil Ko Kabhi Ka Tod Diya Hi Tod Diya
Badnaam Na Hone Denge Tujhe, Tera Naam Hi Lena Chhod Diya - Saheli

Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din - Mera Naam Joker - after all these years I still love the way the emotions are heightened as his voice builds.

Main Tau Ek Khwab Hoon, Is Khwab Ko Tu Pyar Na Kar
Pyar Ho Jaaye Tau Phir Pyar Ka Izhaar Na Kar - Himalay Ki God Mein

Dil Tujhe Diya Tha Rakhne Ko, Toone Dil Ko Jalake Rakh Diya
Kismat Ne Dekhe Pyar Mujhe Mera Dil Tadpake Rakh Diya - Malhar

Tumhein Zindagi Ke Ujale Mubarak, Andherein Humein Aaj Raas Aagaye Hai
Tumhein Paake Hum, Khud Se Door Hogaye Thay
Tumhein Chhodkar, Apne Paas Aagaye Hai - Purnima (Poornima)

Some of my fav numbers:

- Main to Ek Khwaab Hoon
- Bhooli Hui Yaadon
- Woh Tere Pyar Ka Gham
- Mujhko Is Raat Ki Tanhaayee Mein
- Saaranga Teri Yaad Mein
- Ye Mera Deewaanapan Hai
- Chal Ri Sajni (one of the best bidaai songs )
..
..

Apart from his sad / mournful numbers, some of his romantic / frothy numbers that I like:
- Zikr Hota Hai Jab Qayaamat Ka
- Husn-e-Jaana Idhar Aa
- Chaand Aahein Bharega
- Jo Tumko Ho Pasand
- Tum Agar Mujhko Na Chaaho

Philosophical numbers:
- Cheen-o-Arab Humaara
- Aasmaan Pe Hai Khuda
- Ye Kaun Chitrakaar Hai

Some 'rare' eternal duets:
- Kisi Raah Mein (Mere Humsafar)
- Mehtaab Tera Chehra
- O Mere Sanam ---- not rare; but what a song !!
- Tum Mujhe Bhool Bhi Jao

I better stop now.. else its much easier to simply 'copy-paste' my entire Mukesh collection !
Sorry guys if the numbers sound 'popular' .... just beginning to build a collection, thanx to HF

Hmmm kahi koi Gehri Chott khayi huyi lagti ho... itne tissues... ke fir its just one of another ADA ...

Agar tissues kum na padd jaye tau can list some more...

Jo pyar tune mujko diya taa woh pyar tera mein lauta rahan hoon
abb koi tujse sikwa na hoga.. teri zindagi se mein chala ja raha hoon

Aaj tumse dorr hoke .. aise roya mera pyar..
chand roya saath mere.. raat royi baar baar...

Teri duniya mein dil lagta nahi.. wapis bula ley
mein sajde mein gira hoon ....mujhko aye mailk utha le

Kai sadiyon se.. kayi janmo se..
tere pyar ko tarse mera mann...

I dunno if I ever used tissues but ... there is distinct melancholy in the atmosphere whenever I hear.. Aaya hain mujhe fir yaad woh zaalim.. guzra zamana bachpan ka...

I love the way the music almost contradicts the song in Jo Pyar Tune.
Teri duniya mein was one of the tearjerkers on that playlist, lol. Bahut dinon ke baad sunne thay aur bahut dhyan se, because I was checking the recording of the quality - shayad isiliye ziada asar hua. Waise "sher dil ko na tadapake rakh de agar to shayari ka mazaa nahin aata"

Talab se Tadap Talab ka daurr kisi aur waqt ....


Mukeshji ke kaafi gone mein shair badhiya hote thay.... the way he starts Toote na Dil Toote na... is simply awesome....

Nigaahen Bhi Milaa Karti Hai
Dil Bhi Dil Se Milta Hain
Magar Ek Chahne Wala Badi Mushkil Se Milta Hain....

In a different mood today.. was listening to some nice ghazals Mukesh ji has sung for various famous poets...

zara si baat pe har rasm tod aaya thaa....
dil-e-tabaah ne bhii kyaa mizaaj paaya thaa.....


What a lovely lyrics by Jaan Nisar Akhtar sahab... ( if you didnt knew he is father of Javed Akhtar) ......

Very beautifully sung by Mukesh... one of my fav ghazals by Mukesh ji....

Everyone knows Humsafar ab yeh safar kat jayega.... maybe this song become so popular... that the title song just got vanished from radios ,etc.. ....

The song I am talking about is...

Main hoon Badnaam Juari.....
Main hoon Nakaam juari..
Har Daav Zamana Jita...
Harr Baazi Meine haari....

Superb wordings.... excellenty sung... (Just didnt understood the whistling before the song.... , hmm maybe time re-watch Shashi kapoor in his young age )

Dulhan se tumhara milan hoga... O mann.... thodi dhir dharo....
Bahoon mein chandi ka badan hoga... O mann thodi dhir dharo...

From Anokhi Raat...

All the songs were super hit from this movie... Meri Beri Ke per.. Mile Na phool tau.. and all time fav... O Re Taal Mile ....

If you get into too muc arguement with a lady... this song would help you an easy escape out .... ha ha JK...

Tumhari Bhi Jai Jai .. Humari Bhi Jai Jai ... Na tum haare na hum haare.....

On Auguest 24th , 2001 Rajiv Vijaykar had published an excellent article on Mukesh ji on SCREEN magazine... I had already archived the article but luckily the link still works...

http://www.screenindia.com/20010824/mcov1.html

For those who prefer not to navigate away from HF.. here is the cut and paste...

He was always the singer of the masses, with his astonishing achievement
of nine hits for every 10 recorded songs, and is spoken of, perfectly
deservingly, in the same breath as colleagues like Mohammed Rafi and Kishore
Kumar, legends whose tally of recordings was in multiples of Mukeshchand
Mathur, singer extraordinary and human being exemplary.


It will be 25 years on August 27, since the radio and TV announcers uttered
those fatal words one evening - "Mukesh is no more." On this poignantly
historic occasion, let us imagine a rare compilation -- an LP record, audio
cassette or CD set - that showcased this unparalleled artist.
Quite obviously, such a compilation must first set the 'record' straight to
be a well-rounded collection. The album set will therefore begin with what
was undeniably Mukesh's first recorded song, Dil hi ho bujha hua to from the
1941 release Nirdosh (Ashok Ghosh), written by Neelkanth Tiwari and filmed
on the handsome singer himself. And equally for the 'record' on cassette and
CD, the last track must be that haunting number which Mukesh taped at Tardeo
's Famous, on the way from home to airport, for that fateful USA concert
tour from which he never came back -- Chanchal sheetal nirmal komal, for
Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Shashi Kapoor (on screen) in Raj Kapoor's Satyam
Shivam Sundaram. How aptly did Destiny engineer his swan-song for the banner
that is almost synonymous with him -- RK Films.


And Destiny gave RK and Mukesh a full hand in the final chapter of their
memorable bond -- even Mukesh's last song on stage was reportedly Jeena
yahaan marna yahaan (Mera Naam Joker) which has to be a part of such an
album. Few Shanker-Jaikishan-Raj Kapoor-Mukesh combos matched the perennial
simplicity of this song.


Mukesh died in 1976, but the last of the films in which he sang -- Naukri,
Chor Mandali et al -- were released in the early 80s. Besides SSS, there was
however nothing much to sing about in the songs various composers were
giving him at the fag end of his career, which included hits like Tumhari
Kasam, Mukti and his multi-singer collaborations for multi-starrers like
Dharam Veer, Amar Akbar Anthony, Imaan Dharam and Aahutee. Instead, one
would choose that wonderful underdog of a song, Chahe aaj mujhe napasand
karo (Darinda/Kalyanji-Anandji/1977­), which brought back the Mukesh of two
more classics of yore that demand inclusion, Aa laut ke aaja mere meet (Rani
Rupmati/S.N.Tripathi) and K-A's own Chandi ki deewaar (Vishwas). Says son
Nitin, "At that point, people say that my father's voice had became tired.
That wasn't true. Composers were making songs that were too high-pitched for
him. The Darinda song was a beautiful exception."


But then Kalyanji-Anandji and Mukesh always shared a special bond. It was
Kalyanjibhai, remember, who had taught an unforgettable lesson to a
classical maestro, who had ridiculed Mukesh's success despite what he termed
his limitations. The maestro quietly picked up the harmonium and told the
Ustad to sing Chandan sa badan (Saraswatichandra). After the 'master' failed
to inject even the rudiments of the magical emotion that Mukesh had imbibed
it with, Kalyanji told him, "This is the reason why he travels in an Impala
while you ride a bus." This historic and all-round magnificent song
automatically gets included in a 'historic' fantasy album as the one song
that dwarfs most of K-A's other formidable beauties with Mukesh.


But Kalyanji's example cannot detract from Mukesh's unquestioned ability to
take a song tailored for him through impossible musical convolutions and
raag-daari. It was Mukesh and Mukesh alone who could infuse that special soz
and sur into wondrous creations that were extremely difficult vocally, and
no record of Mukesh would be thus complete without the challenge of S.N.
Tripathi's Jhoomti chali hawa (Sangeet Samrat Tansen), the seductive curves
and angles of Nain hamare saanjh sakaare (Annadata/ Salil Choudhury) and the
deceptively simple, but very abstruse twists and turns of Usha Khanna's Aaj
subah nahin hone wali (Hum Hindustani).


But then Mukesh was Mukesh for every composer -- from titans like
Shanker-Jaikishan and Laxmikant-Pyarelal, to classicists like Naushad and
Roshan, to smaller or anonymous composers like Daan Singh (My Love), Brij
Bhushan (Milap) and Prem Dhawan (Shaheed). What else explains the fact that
one of Mukesh's most brilliantly rendered object d'art of all time was for
the unknown Satish Bhatia in a V.Shantaram film, Yeh kaun chitrakaar hai
(Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti)?


And speaking of that pioneering legend among filmmakers, how can we
eliminate Shantaram's spell-binding musical and choreographic extravaganza
Jal Bin Macchli Nritya Bin Bijli? As the first ever Indian album released in
Stereophonic Sound (in 1971), it had Mukesh as the only male voice singing,
with incomparable magnificence, Laxmikant-Pyarelal's awesomely orchestrated
Taaron mein sajke apne suraj se dekho dharti chali milne, and two other
spectacular duets with Lata Mangeshkar. Yes, Mukesh was as much in sync with
stereo as he was with the 1945 song that got him his very first
recognition -- Dil jaltaa hain to jalne de (Pehli Nazar/Anil Biswas).


Pehli Nazar, for all Anil Biswas' claims of making Mukesh "forget" the
Saigal influence, was completely Saigal-esque in tenor. The first
celebration of Mukesh sounding like Mukesh, and no one else came when Ram
Ganguly brought about his entry into the RK portals with Zinda hoon is tarah
(Aag), that pristine paean of pain. Followed S-J's Barsaat (1949) and Roshan
's own breakthrough film, Bawre Nain (1950). That Raj Kapoor, the actor, was
the prime factor responsible for getting Mukesh out of the Saigal groove is
a personal observation. Composers may have tried with varying success, but
the fiery, intense and modern persona of Raj Kapoor could not have possibly
jelled with a sonorous Saigal-like voice. And the RK-Mukesh bond peaked as
early as Awara hoon (Awara/S-J ) in 1951, to herald India's first cult song
and filmi gaana to taste huge and lasting success in far-off USSR.


The RK-Mukesh team, especially in conjunction with Shanker-Jaikishan, had
hits and masterpieces galore, but to me two songs stand out as all-time
classics in this legendary oeuvre -- Aa ab laut chalen (Jis Desh Mein Ganga
Behti Hai) and O mere sanam (Sangam), coincidentally both collaborations
with Lata. None of the RK-Mukesh numbers can hold a candle, I think, to the
sheer beauty of these spell-binders.


But Mukesh was by no means a complete echo of the phenomenal RK. He sang for
everyone, and everyone knows that Dilip Kumar signed Mela and Yahudi only
after hearing its recorded Mukesh numbers played out to him. To me the
Dilip-Mukesh team, is epitomised, however, less by these films or Andaz, but
by the sheer exuberance of one of Mukesh's most-spirited numbers, Suhana
safar aur yeh mausam haseen (Madhumati/Salil Choudhury). Here were two past
masters of romantic tragedy setting out new parameters to the joy of living!


Yes, indeed Mukesh had much more to him than just Raj Kapoor and the sad
song. Laxmikant-Pyarelal always had a special place for him and gave him
lots of variety -- and two more of their songs are a must in any authentic
Mukesh representation, Saawan ka mahina (Milan), the song that brought
Mukesh back into the reckoning in 1967 from his career's last trough, and
the devotional that surpasses all his film devotionals, Jyot se jyot jagaate
chalo (Sant Gyaneshwar). And probably even more than S-J, it was this duo
that gave us the sweetest, most intensely melodic Lata-Mukesh duets, whether
in Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, Gora Aur Kala, Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke, Jal Bin...,
Farz or that one song that is as immortal as its singers and composers -- Ek
pyar ka naghma hai (Shor).


Indeed, Manoj Kumar and Mukesh came up with scores that matched Raj Kapoor
in melody, if not in proliicity or popularity, and Mukesh was the voice of
Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra and even Rajendra Kumar in some of their finest
numbers for an assortment of composers. And speaking of composers, how can
we forget that Mukesh was lucky for so many of them -- he dominated S-J's
first film Barsaat, sang in Laxmikant-Pyarelal's first film Parasmani, and
dominated the breakthrough scores of L-P (Milan), K-A (Chhalia and Himalay
Ki God Mein), Roshan (Bawre Nain and Malhar) and Khayyam (Phir Subah Hogi
and Kabhi Kabhie). On the other hand, even composers who did not have much
time for him, usually came up with their choicest compositions for him --
like S.D. Burman (O jaanewale/Bandini) and O.P. Nayyar (Chal
akela/Sambandh).


As we come to the finale, we have a tough time selecting the last two Mukesh
masterpieces from a sea of superlative sangeet. Should we choose the one
song for which he won a National award, or, since this has been an emotional
journey down memory lane -- do we choose a song that aptly mirrors our
sentiments to a singer like him on such an occasion? Unable to make a choice
at this climactic moment, we offer a double whammy -- Salil Choudhury's Kayi
baar yoon hi dekha hai (Rajnigandha), for which Mukesh won his only National
Best Playback Singer award in 1975, and that one classic that best
encapsulates our feelings towards him today, in Raja Mehndi Ali Khan's
exquisite Anita number, composed by L-P in semi-classical mode, Tum bin
jeevan kaise beeta poocho mere dil se/Poocho mere dil se.


-Rajiv Vijayakar

Few of you asked to upload Mukesh ji singing for Big B... sure that is an easy task... though most of this are popular and common , but request is request so ...


But first.... Kabhi Kabhi Shair reciting.... guess the voice ....

Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein..

Main Janta hoon tu gair hain magar yoon hi....

both the versions....

One aspect of Mukesh's singing which is not discussed much is his ability to render Ghazals.

Here is one nice article exploring this aspect of the legendary singer.

Source: http://www.studio-systems.com/Playback&Fas...mber/Sept23.htm



Jay, gr8 thread

Cheers,

Tum Mehakte Javan Chandni Ho
Mukesh
Pyase Dil (1974)
Khaiyyaam - Jaan Nisar Akhtar
3:24 @ 64 kbps

Baharon Ne Keya Sajde
Mukesh
Bombay At Night (1976)
Iqbal Qureshi - Upendra
3:19 @ 64 kbps

Nain Ka Chain Churakar
Mukesh
Chandramukhi (1960)
S. N. Tripathi - Bharat Yvas
3:08 @ 128 kbps

Yes I have archived that article.. excellent one...

Reading it once again I remember..Unhe go ranjish-e-bejaa hai ... was this released in movie album ? I have the Cd of this movie (dilip Kumar) but I never saw it in there.... Or is it part of the movie ? If its in movie I can rip my Daag DVD and upload it here if anyone interested....

Yeh Jawani Yeh Haseen Raat
Mukesh
Khoobsurat Dhokha (1959)
S. Mohinder - Rahil Gorakhpuri
3:17 @ 128 kbps

What an excellent song... I also have the other song from this movie... let me know if you want me to upload it.... Tera Mann Mera Mann Mile....

please do so.

Thanks,

Rajnish

Jab Ghazals ki baat chali hain ... let me upload some which I have not seen here on HF ..... (pardon me if I have missed seeing them here... )

khiza mein jab hain yeh apna alaam.. bahaar aaye tau kya karenge....

Jay, I think reference to "Daag" here is to poet "Daag Dehlvi" and not the movie "Daag".

Cheers,

I don't think is song is from Daag (1952).
It seems to be a non-film ghazal by Daagh.
however I would love to hear the song.

Murli Manohar Swarup - Jigar Moradabadi
1968

Another lovely ghazal....Mujhse Yun Rooth Ke....

Kishor Desai - Shivkumar 'Saroj'
1968

Na Huyi Gar Mere Marne Se.....

Tum Aaj Hans Lo Mujh Par.....

And last ghazal for today....

That Thara Uthi Ti Hain... Khamosh faza raat Gaye....
Kaun deta hain yeh... galiyon mein sada raat gaye....

Lovely ghazal....

The song uploaded is a Nonfilm Humradeef -

Josh-e-Giriya Se Yeh Aankhen - Talat Mahmood, Mukesh - Nonfilm - Mirza Ghalib, Daagh Dehlavi

The same dhun was used by Khaiyyam (who also composed the above song in 1968) in Asha's "Justju Jiski Thi" from Umraao Jaan.

Not so.. as usual I meant my total lack of singing prowess!!

Coincidentally, I was just checking out a recitation of the original poem by Sahir on the Parchhaiyan (Kalam-e-Sahir from Talkhiyan') CD today, lol. (p.s. I prefer Big B's voice).