MUMBAI: Noted playback singer Mahendra Kapoor, whose voice has delighted music lovers across generations, was cremated in Mumbai on Sunday.
Kapoor, 74, succumbed to a heart attack at his residence on Saturday evening. Family sources said he was suffering from a kidney ailment and undergoing dialysis. He had recovered from the ailment and was well.
The end came suddenly at 7.30 pm and he died in his sleep.
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The Maharashtra government had recently announced the Lata Mangeshkar award for his lifetime contribution in the field of playback music.
Born in Amritsar in 1934, Kapoor sang innumerable memorable Hindi film songs,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.)
Kapoor was also 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.
In 1968, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for mere desh ki dharti song in the film Upkaar. Among the Filmfare Awards he won are –
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.
