Mahendra Kapoor
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| Mahendra Kapoor | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 9, 1934 |
| Origin |  Amritsar, India |
| Genre(s) | Playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1956–1999 |
Mahendra Kapoor (born January 9, 1934) is an Indian playback singer.
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[edit] Biography
Mahendra Kapoor was born in Amritsar, but soon moved to Mumbai. He was inspired by Mohammed Rafi and won the all-India singing competition early in his career. He sang many hit songs of yesteryears most notable being those for B.R. Chopra's Films (Dhool Ka Phool, Gumrah, Waqt, Hamraaz, Dhund etc.) and for actor/producer Manoj Kumar (Upkaar, Purab Aur Paschim etc.)
Mahendra Kapoor is well known in the Marathi movies for being the playback singer for Dada Kondke in all his movies. In spite of being associated with Dada Kondke's colloquial style his singing for Marathi movies was not limited to Dada Kondke's movies only. His son Rohan Kapoor was an actor in a few films in the 1980s such as Yash Chopra's Faasle (1985) and Love 86 (1986).
[edit] Awards
- 1968 - National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for mere desh ki dharti song in the film Upkaar
- Filmfare Awards won
- 1963 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for chalo ek bar phirse in Gumrah
- 1967 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for neele gagan ke tale in Hamraaz
- 1974 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for nahin nahin bus aur nahin in Roti Kapda Aur Makan
Mahendra Kapoor was also awarded the Padmashri by the Government of India and Lata Mangeshkar Award by the Maharashtra Government.
[edit] Notable songs
- Chalo ek baar phir se from Gumrah
- Tum Agar Saath Dena Ka Vaada Karo Hamraaz
- Neele gagan ke tale from Hamraaz
- Nahin nahin bus aur nahin from Roti Kapda Aur Makan
- Tere Pyaar Ka Assara
- Ab ke Baras' from Kranti
- Mere desh ki dharti from Upkar
- Ti Yete Aneeka Jate..Yetana kadhi kalya aneete
- He Chincheche zad dise maj chinar vrukshapari
- Ratris khel chale ya gudh chandanyacha, sampel na kadhihi ha khel savalyancha
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