Jolly Mukherjee Explained
Jolly Mukherjee |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1956 |
Birth Place: | Gangtok, Sikkim, India |
Other Names: | King of Strings |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1979-2013 |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Background: | solo_singer | Instrument: | Vocals |
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Jolly Mukherjee is an Indian singer who specializes in the music of Bollywood. He started his career as a backing singer for commercials, then moving on to writing music for airline on-flight introductions, where he sometimes wrote for British Airways. His roots include a mixture of Hindustani classical music and Western music. With the Madras Cinematic Orchestra, he recorded the album Fusebox, which included remixes from State of Bengal and Badmarsh & Shri. He provided the string arrangements for Icelandic singer Björk's song "Verandi".[1]
Discography
| Denotes films that have not yet been released | |
Year | Film/Album | Song(s) | Composer(s) | Co-singer(s) | Notes |
1988 | Dayavan | "Diwani Tum Jawanon Ki" | Laxmikant Pyarelal | Sapna Mukherjee, Mohammad Aziz | |
Chahe Meri Jaan Tu Le Le | Sapna Mukherjee | |
1989 | Chandni | "Chandni O Meri Chandni" | Shiv-Hari | Sridevi | |
1991 | Saathi | "Aaj Hum Tum O Sanam" | Nadeem–Shravan | Anuradha Paudwal | |
1992 | Sangeet | "Sun O Hasina" | Anand Milind | | |
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | ""Kya Hua" (Laveria Hua)" | Jatin–Lalit | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | |
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | Kumar Sanu, Sudesh Bhonsle, Sadhana Sargam | |
1993 | Sahibaan | "Sahibaan Meri Sahibaan" | Shiv-Hari | Anuradha Paudwal | |
Is Mele Mein Log Aate Hain | Anuradha Paudwal | |
Aaina | "Goriya Re Goriya" | Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen | Lata Mangeshkar | |
Saajan | "Aei to Prothom Dekhlam" | Nadeem-Shravan | | Bengali |
1994 | | "Dil Dil Dil Main Tere Pyar Mein" | Nadeem-Shravan | Alka Yagnik | |
Ya Mustafa" but change to Ya dilruba | Mukul Aggarwal, Alka Yagnik | |
1995 | Sabse Bada Khiladi | "Mukaala Mukaabla" | Rajesh Roshan | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | |
Raghuveer | "O Jaaneman Chehra" | Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen | Alka Yagnik | |
Bewafa Sanam | "Nargisi Nargisi Aankhein Teri Nargisi" | Raju Singh-Sameer Sen | Lata Mangeshkar | |
1996 | Ek Tha Raja | "Topi Topi" | Anand–Milind | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Poornima |
1997 | | "Laila o Laila" | Anand Milind | |
2000 | Josh | "Zinda Hain Hum To" | Anu Malik | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Hema Sardesai | |
Kodom Ali Mastan | "Ki Batti Lagaili (Ore O Mainka)" | | | Bangladeshi Film |
2002 | Raaz | "Yahan Pe Sab Shanti Shanti Hai" | Nadeem-Shravan | Bali Brahmbhatt, Suzanne D'Mello | |
2013 | Satya 2 | "Taaqat" | Sanjeev–Darshan | Hricha Narayan, Arghya, Sanjeev Rathod | | |
Notes and References
- Book: Gittins, Ian. Björk: there's more to life than this : the stories behind every song. 3 July 2010. 10 December 2002. Thunder's Mouth Press. 978-1-56025-416-4. 139.