Which Song did Mukesh Sing First
parikh
ACCORDING TO LOT OF PEOPLE THEY SAY
DIL JALTA HAI TO JALNE DO (1945) PEHLI NAZAR.
ANIL BISWAS ACTUALLY SLAPPED HIM FOR BEING LATE AT RECORDING????
HE SANG THAT AS LAST SONG BEFORE HE DIED IN AMERICA??
DID HE DIE ON 27 OR 28 AUGUST 1974???
BUT RMIM ARTICLE SAYS HE SANG
DIL HAI BUJA HUA HO TO (1944) IN NIRDOSH
PLEASE HELP.
OTHER WISE I WILL HAVE TO RING RAJU BHARATAN IN INDIA.
I AM DOING A TRIBUTE PROG ON MUKESH.
AND ALSO WITH REGARDS TO HIS FIST SONG I NEED FACT & FIGURES. TO PROVE ONE
PERSON WRONG.. SO PLEASE HELP
IF U-CAN PLEASE E-MAIL ME
THANK YOU
HEMANT PARIKH
par...@ibm.net
shy...@pipeline.com
In article <32109F8C...@aloft.att.com>, Jagat Mavani writes:
>parikh wrote:
>>
>> ACCORDING TO LOT OF PEOPLE THEY SAY
>> DID HE DIE ON 27 OR 28 AUGUST 1974???
>>
believe that
>a live recording of his tour in the USA was made. If such a recording of
his
>tour stop-over in Detroit was made then it would have his last song on it.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Jagat Mavani
Mukesh died shortly before the start of Lata-Mukesh concert scheduled in
Detroit and the concert was cancelled. So Mukesh's last song could not have
been recorded at Detroit. Surely it must be in the live recording made at
a stop-over prior to Detroit.
Shyam < shy...@pipeline.com >
Ashok
In article <4upjqj$2e...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, parikh says...
>
>ACCORDING TO LOT OF PEOPLE THEY SAY
>
>ANIL BISWAS ACTUALLY SLAPPED HIM FOR BEING LATE AT RECORDING????
>DID HE DIE ON 27 OR 28 AUGUST 1974???
>
>DIL HAI BUJA HUA HO TO (1944) IN NIRDOSH
>
>PLEASE HELP.
>OTHER WISE I WILL HAVE TO RING RAJU BHARATAN IN INDIA.
>I AM DOING A TRIBUTE PROG ON MUKESH.
>
>AND ALSO WITH REGARDS TO HIS FIST SONG I NEED FACT & FIGURES. TO PROVE ONE
>PERSON WRONG.. SO PLEASE HELP
>
>IF U-CAN PLEASE E-MAIL ME
>THANK YOU
>
>HEMANT PARIKH
>par...@ibm.net
>
*It is not known which is the first SONG that Mukesh recorded. Before he
went to Bombay, he recorded a number of Gair-filmi songs for HMV in Delhi
in 1940. These are geets and naats, and I believe many of them are extant.
When he came to Bombay, Mukesh entered into a contract with Ranjit Movietone
for two years to act and sing in their productions.
**The first FILM SONG he recorded was 'dil hi bujhaa hua to fasl-e-bahaar kya'
written by Neelkanth Tiwari and composed by Ashok Ghosh for 'Nirmohi' which
was released in 1941. It starred Nalini Jaywant and Mukesh. The film also
has two Nalini-Mukesh duets. The film wasn't a success.
The next film to feature him as actor/singer was 'Dukh Sukh' (1942). I
believe Mueksh was relegated to a supporting role here. He does have two
duets with Sitara, under Khemchand Prakashs' baton, using Wali Saheb's lyrics.
There were various films with Mukesh, which got started but didn't get completed.
One exception was a 1943 film 'Adaab Arz.' Here, Mukesh had a bit role, but no
songs! The film starred Nalini Jaywant and Karan Diwan in the lead roles and
I believe Noorjehan in a supporting role, although I don't know if it is the
THE Noorjehan. At any rate, the film has a duet by some Noorjehan and Bulo C.
Rani. I think Bulo C. Rani was the assistant MD for the film to Jnan Dutt,
who was later to use Mukesh, the playback singer, superbly in 'Sunehre Din,' a
Raj Kapoor starrer. I wonder if he just missed composing a Noorjehan-Mukesh duet!
In any case, It was pretty much end of the road for Mukesh the actor (till he
himself revived the idea briefly when he produced 'Anuraag.')
*** The first film released with a song by Mukesh as a PLAYBACK singer for
another actor was 'Us Paar ' (1944). Mukesh has a duet with one Kusum in the
film, ("zaraa bolo ri, haa.n"), written by Pandit Madhur and composed by Feroze
Nizami. I don't know the actor for whom Mukesh gave voice.
**** 1945 saw the release of two other films with Mukesh as playback singer,
for Moti Lal: 'Moorti and 'Pehli Nazar'. I don't know the order of release.
'Moorti' had lyrics by Pandit Indra and music by Bulo C. Rani; it featured
Mukesh in 2 solos and one multi-singer song with Hameeda and heroine Khurshid.
For 'Pehli Nazar', the songs were written by Aah Sitapuri and scored by Anil
Viswas. Mukesh comes in for two solos and two duets with the leading lady,
Naseem.
One of the solos from 'Pehli Nazar' is of course the lengendary 'dil jalta hai.'
It has traditionally been designated as the first song Mukesh sang as a playback
singer. For that to be the case, it would have to have been recorded ahead of
the songs in 'Moorti' and 'Us Paar', the latter being an earlier release. It is
plausible, of course, but I have come across a couple of narratives placing the
recording of 'dil jalta hai' in 1945. So, I suppose you will have to call Raju
Bharatan, after all. Do let us know what he says!
According one such narrative, Anil Viswas had scheduled the recording of the song
for a Tuesday, at the specific request of 'Hanuman bhakta' Mueksh! But Mukesh
was no-show at the time; after a long wait, Anil Biswas sent off an assistant to
look for Mukesh, which wasn't a difficult job as he used to frrequent a couple of
haunts. He was found in one of these, in the company of his friends, having lost
all sense of time. When Mukesh thus made his appearance at the recording studio,
he had to face of Anilda's wrath. (I don't know if Mukesh got slapped. The Hindi
narrative says that Anilda ".. kaafi zor ki Daa.nT pilaayi aur saath hi Dher saari
naseehate.n bhi di|") Mukesh cried, but quickly composed himself, sat down, and
proceeded to deliver the song to the exacting standards of Anil Viswas.
***** Don't know which is the last complete song Mukesh sang in a live concert.
On his last concert tour, his health was failing and Nitin Mukesh had shouldered
the task of rendering Mukesh songs at many dates. The last concert before the
fateful Detroit evening was in Toronto. Nitin sang most of the songs, but Mukesh
came on toward the end of the show to sing "jaane kahaa.n gaye vo din." He could
not carry on beyond one antaraa, and Nitin is supposed to have stepped in and
(according to some, portentously) sung the rare antaraa of the song, which ends:
toD ke dil vo chal diye, ham kyo.n akele reh gaye
jaane kahaa.n gaye vo din ...
Ashok
Snehal B. Oza
Hi Ashok,
> *It is not known which is the first SONG that Mukesh recorded. Before he
> went to Bombay, he recorded a number of Gair-filmi songs for HMV in Delhi
> in 1940. These are geets and naats, and I believe many of them are extant.
>
> When he came to Bombay, Mukesh entered into a contract with Ranjit Movietone
> for two years to act and sing in their productions.
>
> **The first FILM SONG he recorded was 'dil hi bujhaa hua to fasl-e-bahaar kya'
> written by Neelkanth Tiwari and composed by Ashok Ghosh for 'Nirmohi' which
> was released in 1941. It starred Nalini Jaywant and Mukesh. The film also
> has two Nalini-Mukesh duets. The film wasn't a success.
>
Read your post. Very good. One factual error
- Mukesh signed a contract with National Studios in 1940, and not
Ranjit Movieton
His first film came out in 1941. And it was Nirdosh (not Nirmohi). He sang a
good song 'Dil Hi Buza Hua Ho To Fasal-E-Bahaar Kya'. Sounds well, but his
breath control is not good. As you mention there are two duets with Nalini
Jaivant. One of them is 'Tumane Muzko Prem Sikha Kar'. This song never saw
78 rpm record and remained only on the sound track. Interestingly this song
was adepted from one earlier National Studios film Manmohan (1940) with Anil
Biswas's music sung by Surendra and Bibbo. This song is available and was quite
famous.
> The next film to feature him as actor/singer was 'Dukh Sukh' (1942). I
> believe Mueksh was relegated to a supporting role here. He does have two
> duets with Sitara, under Khemchand Prakashs' baton, using Wali Saheb's lyrics.
>
> There were various films with Mukesh, which got started but didn't get completed.
> One exception was a 1943 film 'Adaab Arz.' Here, Mukesh had a bit role, but no
> songs! The film starred Nalini Jaywant and Karan Diwan in the lead roles and
> I believe Noorjehan in a supporting role, although I don't know if it is the
> THE Noorjehan. At any rate, the film has a duet by some Noorjehan and Bulo C.
> Rani. I think Bulo C. Rani was the assistant MD for the film to Jnan Dutt,
> who was later to use Mukesh, the playback singer, superbly in 'Sunehre Din,' a
> Raj Kapoor starrer. I wonder if he just missed composing a Noorjehan-Mukesh duet!
> In any case, It was pretty much end of the road for Mukesh the actor (till he
> himself revived the idea briefly when he produced 'Anuraag.')
>
> *** The first film released with a song by Mukesh as a PLAYBACK singer for
> another actor was 'Us Paar ' (1944). Mukesh has a duet with one Kusum in the
> film, ("zaraa bolo ri, haa.n"), written by Pandit Madhur and composed by Feroze
> Nizami. I don't know the actor for whom Mukesh gave voice.
>
> **** 1945 saw the release of two other films with Mukesh as playback singer,
> for Moti Lal: 'Moorti and 'Pehli Nazar'. I don't know the order of release.
> 'Moorti' had lyrics by Pandit Indra and music by Bulo C. Rani; it featured
> Mukesh in 2 solos and one multi-singer song with Hameeda and heroine Khurshid.
> For 'Pehli Nazar', the songs were written by Aah Sitapuri and scored by Anil
> Viswas. Mukesh comes in for two solos and two duets with the leading lady,
> Naseem.
The contract with National Studios was of 3 years. As you note, several films
were made but only three were completed. (Other two Dukh Sukh (1942) and
Adab Arz (1943)). The song of 1944 Us Paar with Kusum Rani is a very nice
song. It's a light number 'Zara Bolo Ri Han, Zara Bolo Ri Kya Logi Is Dil Ka
Kiraaya, Zara Bolo'. But I don't know if this was a playback. I assume he was
also part of the film. Not sure though. The authentic source on Mukesh is
a book 'Mukesh Geet Kosh' published in 1985-6. It states that, the first
recorded playback song by him is that famous duet with Khurshid and Hamida
for Murti in 1945. Also Murti does not have any solos of Mukesh. Bulo C. Rani
composed solos for him in 1946 film Rajputani picturised on Jairaj. One of
them is:
'Kiyeja Pyar Kiyeja Pyar Na Himmat Har, Kiyeja Pyar'
But the THE SONG was a duet with Hamida 'Ja Parwaane Ja Kahin Shama Jal Rahi
Hai'.
Pehali Nazar has 2 solos of Mukesh (AFAIR). One duet with Naseem Akhtar
'Jawani Ye Bharpur Dilkash Adaayen' is good.
Regards,
Snehal
>
> One of the solos from 'Pehli Nazar' is of course the lengendary 'dil jalta hai.'
> It has traditionally been designated as the first song Mukesh sang as a playback
> singer. For that to be the case, it would have to have been recorded ahead of
> the songs in 'Moorti' and 'Us Paar', the latter being an earlier release. It is
> plausible, of course, but I have come across a couple of narratives placing the
> recording of 'dil jalta hai' in 1945. So, I suppose you will have to call Raju
> Bharatan, after all. Do let us know what he says!
>
>
> Ashok
>
>
Ashok
In article <1996081617...@mahasweta.wipsys.soft.net>,
sne...@mahasweta.wipsys.soft.net says...
>
>Read your post. Very good. One factual error
> - Mukesh signed a contract with National Studios in 1940, and not
> Ranjit Movieton
I noticed that 'Nirdosh' (not 'Nirmohi'; thanks for the correcton) was from
National Studios, 1941. But the book I am reading (details below) says that
Mukesh's contract was with Ranjit Movietone.
>His first film came out in 1941. And it was Nirdosh (not Nirmohi). He sang a
>good song 'Dil Hi Buza Hua Ho To Fasal-E-Bahaar Kya'. Sounds well, but his
>breath control is not good. As you mention there are two duets with Nalini
>Jaivant. One of them is 'Tumane Muzko Prem Sikha Kar'. This song never saw
>78 rpm record and remained only on the sound track. Interestingly this song
>was adepted from one earlier National Studios film Manmohan (1940) with Anil
>Biswas's music sung by Surendra and Bibbo. This song is available and was quite
>famous.
That's correct, except that I believe 'Manmohan' is a 1936 film with music by
the same MD who scored 'Nirdosh', Ashok Ghosh. The film starred Surendra and
Bibbo.
>
>The authentic source on Mukesh is
>a book 'Mukesh Geet Kosh' published in 1985-6. It states that, the first
>recorded playback song by him is that famous duet with Khurshid and Hamida
>for Murti in 1945. Also Murti does not have any solos of Mukesh.
I am not sure which is the authentic source. The book I am referring to
says that 'dil jalta hai to jalne de' is his first song as a playback singer.
'Murti' is supposed to have two solos by Mukesh.
. maana ke tum haseen ho, ahl-e-shabaab ho
. haseeno.n se haseeno.n ko mahabbat ho hi jaati hai
The book I have talked about is "Mukesh: Sureele Safar Ki Kahani" by Rajiv
Srivastava. He is the person, who has produced the one-hour documentary on
Mukesh, which is supposed to air on DoorDarshan on August 27, right?.
I am sure you will watch it and give us the details.
Ashok
PS: Can you tape the broadcast and keep till I visit you again? :)