- Was on a concert tour at the time of his death.
- Mukesh idolized famous singer of his time, K. L. Saigal'. He was such a fan that in his early years of playback singing he used to imitate his idol. In fact, it is said that when K. L. Saigal' first heard the song "Dil Jalta Hai..", he remarked, "That's strange, I don't recall singing that song".
- Father of Nitin Mukesh
- Grandfather of assistant director Naman Nitin Mukesh.
- Grandson is director Sameer Sharma.(Daughter Rita's son). Rita is now a dentist. She married film distributor and producer B.M. (Brijmohan) Sharma's son,Udesh. Brijmohan is also the father actor,producer Romesh Sharma.
- Son Mohnish Mathur ( Born 1961) is a chartered accountant.
- Daughter Namrata (Amrita) Seth (Born 1966) is now a singer who performs with her brother Nitin Mukesh at several stage shows. She is married to Naresh.
- Daughter Nalini Mathur died in 1978 in a very bad road accident in Delhi.
- Mukesh married Saral Trivedi. Saral's father was a Gujarati Brahmin millionaire and was not giving consent for his daughter's marriage with Mukesh, who had no proper income and also at that time singing in movies was not considered as dignified profession in India. That is why Mukesh and Saral were forced to elope. They got married with the help of the actor and his mentor Motilal and his friend R. D. Mathur.
- Mukesh tried his luck in acting too, as it was common for singers to be actor also during that time , he made his acting debut in the film 'Nirdosh' in the year 1941. He also sang "Dil Hi Bujha Hua Ho To" for the movie.
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