Mahendra Kapoor was born in Amritsar but soon moved to Mumbai. In the year 1972, Mahendra Kapoor was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India & the National Award. Mahabharat song's rare recording video of Mahendra Kapoor, Watch hereĪlso read | Mahabharat: Video Of Dead Soldier Coming Back to Life Amid A Serious Scene Goes Viral
Below, we bring to you a rare video of that has captured the on-going recording for one of the verses for Mahabharat. It is also known that Mahendra Kapoor's unforgettable patriotic songs 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti', in Manoj Kumar's film Upkaar became iconic. Interestingly, both these songs are also from B.R. Mahendra Kapoor's collection of songs extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including notable and memorable hits like 'Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi ban ayen hum Dono' from the film Gumrah, 'Neele Gagan Ke Taale' from the film Hamraaz, and in various language.
He was an integral part of BR Chopra's popular Television saga Mahabharat. Any episode of the epic show was incomplete without a 4 line verse in Mahendra Kapoor's voice, summing up important situations occurring in the episode. Mahendra Kapoor, the very popular Indian playback singer, whose career spanned five decades in the industry.