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Mukesh Chand Mathur, better known as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. He’s considered to be one of the biggest names in the Hindi film industry. Sixth among ten children, Mukesh was born and brought up in Delhi and experimented with voice recordings before gradually developed his singing abilities and also his musical instrumental skills. Mukesh made his debut with "Dil Hi Bujha Hua Ho To" as an actor-singer for the 1941 film, Nirdosh. He got his break as a playback singer for actor Motilal in the 1945 film, Pehli Nazar with music composed by Anil Biswas and the first song he sang for a Hindi film was ‘Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De’. Amongst the several awards and nominations he won throughout his career, his song ‘Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai’ from the 1973 Hindi film, Rajnigandha won him the National Film Award for the Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh was also popularly known as the voice of actors Raj Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Khan, Sunil Dutt, and Dilip Kumar. He passed away due to a heart attack in August 1976 in Michigan, USA.

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