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| Mahendra Kapoor's First Film Song |
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| Written by shishir krishna sharma |
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Author: Shishir Krishna Sharma (with some inputs from Hildebrand)
Many people are under the misconception, that 'chand chhupa aur taare doobe' (sohni mahiwal /1958 / naushad) is Mahendra Kapoor's First song.
fact is, prior to this he had recorded 'adha hai chandrama' (Navrang - Released later / 1959 / CR)
But He recorded these songs after winning 'all india metro murphy singing competition in 1957.
In fact he had already recorded a few songs before participating in the competition.
His first recorded song had been way back in 1953 for composer V. Balsara for the movie Madmast. He had sung two songs for this movie. His first song for this movie was a qawwali with S.D. Batish, "Unhen Dekhen To Weh Munh Pher ... Humen Aankhen Dikhaate Hain". Enjoy this qawwali thanks to the ever generous Girdharilal Vishwakarma ji:-
Thanks a lot Girdharilal ji for sharing this!
His other song in the movie was "Kisi Ke Zulm Ki Tasveer Hai Mazdoor Ki Basti", a duet with Dhan Indorewaala (who later married to V. Balsara).
He sang his first solo, "Kisko Daani Kahen ... Tere Dar Ki Bhikmangi Hai Daata Duniya Saari" for Snehal Bhatkar's Diwali Ki Raat in 1956.
The next song which he had sung was a Heer for the punjabi movie, Heer which had music by Anil Biswas.
It was after this that he participated in the competition.
This was told by Mahendra Kapoor ji himself during his interview for my column 'kya bhooloon kya yaad karoon' (sahara samay).
In addition to the above songs, He is also known to have recorded the following before participating in the competition:-
1. A few lines for the song "Ek Taraf Joru Ne Hai Nikaala" for composer Bulo C Rani in the movie Madhur Milan(1955). This song had been sung by Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt and A.R. Ojha and penned by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan.
2. A duet with Sabita Banerjee for composer Shanmukh Babu, "Oh Bedardi Jaane Ke Na kar Bahaane" for the movie Lalkaar(1956). This rare duet can also be heard now thanks to Girdharilal Vishwakarma ji:-
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Thank you very mcuh for keeping the record straight about this.
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