Bollywood mourns over the demise of veteran singer Mohammad Aziz

Mumbai: 'My name is Lakhan' singer veteran singer Mohammad Aziz died in Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital on Tuesday, suffering a cardiac-arrest. He was 64.

The singer has lent his voice to over 2000 songs in Hindi, Bengali and Odia films.

Aziz wa a huge fan of singer Mohammed Rafi and started singing when he was a child. His career as a singer took flight when music composer Anu Malik gave him his big break in Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Mard', in which he sang ‘Mard Tangewala’.

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He gave his voice for many A-list starts such as Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda, Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty.

He has also sung several popular duets with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

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His songs dominated the 80s and early 90s and are still popular. Songs like 'My name is Lakhan' from the 1989 film Ram Lakhan, 'Tin Tina Tin' from 1997 film Mahaanta, 'Teri Bewafai Ka Shikwa', Mitwa Bhool Na Jana, 'Lal Dupatta Mal Mal Ka', 'Ae Mere Dost Laut Ke Aaja', 'Saawan Ke Jhoolon Ne', 'Chand Gagan se Phool Chaman se' made him popular among his peers.

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