Jolly Mukherjee (born 10 February 1956) 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.[citation needed] 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]
Jolly Mukherjee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 February 1956 (age 68) |
| Other names | King of Strings |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1979-2013 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Discography
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| 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 | Aatish: Feel the Fire | "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 | Judge Mujrim | "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 |
References
edit- ^ Gittins, Ian (10 December 2002). Björk: there's more to life than this : the stories behind every song. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-56025-416-4. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
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