Saaranga teri yaad mein ( Saranga, 1960): I first heard this song when I was about 10 years old. One of the most moving songs ever, as far as I’m concerned.Ģ. It’s hard to describe the power of this song: Sahir Ludhianvi’s lyrics are a bitter comment on the misery of the present, but also a hopeful dream for the future Khayyam’s music is beautiful, almost caressingly gentle-and Mukesh’s voice, low, languid yet superbly controlled, never fails to give me gooseflesh. Woh subah kabhi toh aayegi ( Phir Subah Hogi, 1958 with Asha Bhonsle): Having started off by saying that I don’t like most of what Mukesh sang for Raj Kapoor, I’ll name this song as one of the exceptions. So here they are: my ten favourite Mukesh songs, all from the 50’s and 60’s, from films that I’ve seen. Is it the fact that they’re picturised on RK (whom I, being the iconoclast I am, don’t much like)? Who knows?īut for Mukesh’s birth anniversary (he was born on July 23, 1923), I decided to explore Mukesh’s songs in greater detail-and realised that a lot of songs I really, really like are in his voice.
Of all the male singers who ruled the 50’s and 60’s, the one I’ve usually tended to ignore is Mukesh-and for what I must admit is a somewhat prejudiced reason: the most recognisable Mukesh songs, at least for me, are the ones he sang for Raj Kapoor, and nearly all of them just don’t appeal to me.
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