Mahendra Kapoor
Biography
Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono (Gumrah) and Neele Gagan ke tale (Hamraaz). His name however became most closely associated with patriotic songs including Mere Desh Ki Dharti in Manoj Kumar's film Upkaar. He considered Mohammad Rafi as his Guru. In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He lent his voice to actors Manoj Kumar and Sunil Dutt in most of their films and had a lengthy association with director-producer Baldev Raj Chopra.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
65 releases · 15 albums · active 1965–2016
- Performance · 63
- Other credits · 12
Studios: Jigar Studio · See Why Audio · Radio Gems Studio · Sound Authority
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- International Noise Orchestra
- Coldcut
- Kalyanji Anandji
- Amal Dev
- Laxmikant Pyarelal