Mahesh Chander

Recalling to his childhood days once he had said “I never came to know that my father Master Chander was training me in field of music and singing, all I remember that Since I was of 7 or 8 years, he used to ask me to sing a song during his program.” Surely this is most difficult to carry legacy of legend like Master Chander but fortunately continuous practice [Riyaz] and soft, Silky, velvet voice of Mahesh has helped him to become popular Sindhi Singer with exceptional expertise in Gazal Singing. In the later part of his life, Mahesh has learned lessons of classical music and Gazal Singing from legends like Pandit Lakshman Prasad and Singer Madan Prakash.

HMV, the famous music company has credit of releasing “Silsila Zulf ka jab Rokh pe bikhar Jata hai” of Mahesh Chander in the year 1965. Afterwards he signed a twelve yearlong Singing contract with HMV and starting from film “Maikhana” he sung Gazals for more than 25 movies. This was the title of “Pathron ka Shehar” music composition of Usha Khanna which brought tremendous popularity for Mahesh Chander. He was keen to make a professional career in field of Gazal Singing and Urdu Music Industry but on persist of father he recorded “Suj Ubhar na toon, shal raat huje” his first EPE record in Sindhi. Success of this not just established Mahesh as popular Sindhi singer but also generated desire of carrying his father’s legacy of Sindhi Music.

Mahesh Chander has created a group and started presenting professional Live Concert even abroad. He was receiving invitations from various organisations and have visited Honk Kong, Japan, Manila, Singapore, Jakarta, Colombo, London, Spain, Dubai, Africa, America and Canada for more 50 such successful concerts.

A few years back Tips another music company of Bollywood has released his audio cassette “Mahesh Chander Sings Kalam of Master Chander” which become record breaking popular and generated thirst not only among the younger Sindhi generation to listen more songs of Master Chander but also forced Mahesh to concentrate more on his father’s singing and Sindhi Music. He also has credit of composing music of few Sindhi films like “Hik Galh Ta Budh” and “Mili Veyee”. Mahesh was part of Sindhi Film “Shal Diyar Na Jaman” as playback singer and part of many television programs of Doordarshan.