The Indian Music Industry has been blessed with many legendary and accomplished singers. One such singer was Kishore Kumar. The legendary singer, who is still one of the most successful playback singers was born Abhas Kumar Ganguly on August 4, 1929.
Kishore Kumar was not popular just as a playback singer but also as an actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter, in short, all-rounder. His contributions to the Indian Music Industry has been commendable. And not just Hindi, Kishore went on to sing songs in Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia and Urdu as well.
The man with the golden voice made us fall in love with Indian superstars like Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan and many more. The multi-talented personality who had no formal training in singing was not only a magnificent singer but also a genius actor.
A loner in real life, Kishore da, as he was fondly called by his loved ones, was a very private person and hated it when people tried to disturb his privacy. Kishore Da also danced with Madhubala in the song ‘Paanch Rupaiya’. The duo later married, making Madubala his second wife.
Kishore Kumar holds the record for winning the most number of Filmfare Award trophy for the Best Male Playback Singer, for a record-breaking 8 times.
The legendary sang in both male and female voices for a duet song ‘Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe‘. This song was featured in the movie Half Ticket. The female part was supposed to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar but Kishore Kumar sang both the parts as she was unavailable.
