# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahendra-kapoor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:04:21.497Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahendra-kapoor"
name: "Mahendra Kapoor"
slug: "mahendra-kapoor"
description: "Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as Chalo ekbaar 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. He considered Mohammad Rafi as his Guru. In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He lent his voice to actors Manoj Kumar and Sunil Dutt in most of their films and had a lengthy association with director-producer Baldev Raj Chopra."
tagline: "Indian singer (1934–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mahendra_Kapoor.jpg/330px-Mahendra_Kapoor.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-01-09"
deathDate: "2008-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump