Nitin Mukesh, based in India, is a current playback singer who lent his voice to many Hindi film songs and also sings bhajans. He has toured internationally, including to the United States in 1993, and a world tour in 2006 with his show Kal Ki Yaadein, a tribute to his father, the popular Bollywood playback singer, Mukesh.

Though he has about half-a-dozen hits of his own in films like Kranti and Tezaab, people come to him not only render the songs made legends by his father but also hear anecdotes about the legendary Mukesh.

Mukesh, whose songs for the actor and filmmaker in films such as Awara, Sangam, Mera Naam Joker are legendary, also provided the voice for many other popular actors, including Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.

Despite his consistent success in the industry -- he was never number one but did not lack good assignments -- the singer was not keen on his son be a singer, warning him the movie business was becoming progressively uncertain, even treacherous.

Nitin has consciously distanced himself from playback singing and the 55-year-old singer is today content with live shows around the world and music albums.

At his concerts, Nitin Mukesh usually sings a few of his own songs but he knows people come to listen to him because of his father. He has known from the time he started singing for Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker that his voice is quite different from his father's. And he has often been unfairly compared to his father.

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