Two songs of SJ spontaneously spring from the depth of your heart,
firstly "Khogaya hai mera pyar ....."
from Hariyali aur Raastha a very beautiful and soulfully, rendered number,
which Mahendra has done full justice as he scales those the high pitched antara, unruffled.
Secondly the "Har dil jo pyar karega...." from Sangam,
even though the stellar credits of singing were snatched away by Mukesh and Lata, it is actually Mahendra Kapoor's mellifluous singing so subtly enacted by Rajendra Kumar, that has the real impact, as he voices,
"khamoshi ka yeh afsana reh jayega baad mere....."
and the beauty is the voice so beautifully dove - tails harmoniously, that you never realise, it is Mahendra Kapoor singing, unless you are conscious of it.
Another such number is a Madan Mohan number
"Chod kar tere pyar ka daman..." from "Woh Kaun Thi"
a lovely dulcet duet with Lata.
Though his main forte was B R Films with MD Ravi who brought the best out of him in "Gumraah" "Dhool ka Phool" and later on in "Hamraaz".
O P Nayyar, however tried to build on him after he broke off with Rafi, with little success.
One would have wished, that Mahendra Kapoor should have had the good fortune of being patronised by some one like SJ, like Manna had, lest Manna, would have ended up labelled a Bhajan singer otherwise, a-la- MK who got ultimately labelled as the patriot singer of India with "Mera Desh Ka Dharti ..."
reigning supreme remembrance and his more soulfully rendered numbers relegated to a shade.
The only other, after Rafi and Manna, who could scale very high pitch without breaking, as we can hear him in"Na muh chupa ke jiyo...." in Hamraaz as we can also slide over in contrast to hear a sonorous "Tere pyar ka aasra...." from "Dhool ka Phool"
With fond remembrances, my humble tribute to a soul whose career was not a cakewalk but a struggle throughout.
May his soul rest in peace.
rgds
ssmurthy
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