Mohammed Aziz

Mohammed Aziz

Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was a famous Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Bengali and Odia films. He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian regional languages. He made his first appearance in films with a Bengali film titled Bouma (1986) and later he appeared in his first Hindi film titled Amber (1984). His two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in Mard. He had sung numerous duets in 1980s and 1990s with singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sulakshana Pandit, Vijayta Pandit, Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, S. Janaki, Alka Yagnik, Salma Agha, Hemlata, Sapna Mukherjee, Chandrani Mukherjee, Poornima, Sarika Kapoor, Uttara Kelkar and Alisha Chinai. Many of his songs such as "Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka", "My Name Is Lakhan", "Main Teri Mohabbat Mein", "Aap Ke Aa Jane Se", "Aajkal Yaad Kuchh" and "Dil Le Gayi Teri Bindiya" are recognized one of the prominent songs he sang as a playback singer. He was the most popular singer of mid 80's to early 90's. He was one of the rare singers who could sing at the 7th note (Saatwan Sur).Originally a restaurant singer, he went to Mumbai around 1984 where he was introduced to the Hindi cinema by Anu Malik. The recipient of two uncertain awards for Best Playback Singer, his last film was Kaafila. Prior to this, he sang for the film Karan Arjun.

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