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Mahendra Kapoor
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Amritsar, India
Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as 'Chalo ek baar 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. In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri by…
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Mahendra Kapoor was born in Amritsar, but soon moved to Mumbai. He was inspired by Mohammed Rafi and won the all-India singing competition early in his career. He sang many hit songs of yesteryears most 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.) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mahendra+Kapoor">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Amritsar
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- singer
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1934-01-09
- date of death
- 2008-09-27
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- social media followers
- 172000
- manner of death
- natural causes
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