He hung the portraits of all these three personalities at his Gouri Kun residence and would bow respectfully before them everyday as a rule. He was an ardent admirer of Hollywood actor-singer Danny Kaye. He had a great respect for poet and musician Rabindranath Tagore who influenced him in many ways. Saigal and imitated his style of singing in some of his early films. ĭuring the initial stage of his career, Kumar was deeply inspired by singer K. After this, Kumar was offered many other assignments, but he was not very serious about a film career. Music director Khemchand Prakash gave Kumar a chance to sing "Marne Ki Duayen Kyon Mangu" for the film Ziddi (1948). Abhas Kumar changed his name to 'Kishore Kumar' and started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies, where his brother worked. The Ganguly Brothers Kishore Kumar(extreme left),Ashok Kumar(centre) and Anoop Kumar(extreme right)Īfter Ashok Kumar became a star of Hindi films, the Ganguly family visited Bombay (now Mumbai) regularly. In 2012 Kumar's unreleased last song sold for Rs 1,560,000 (1.56 million) at the Osian's Cinefan Auction in New Delhi. In 1997, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated an award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to Hindi cinema. He was awarded the " Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government in 1985–86. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category. He also sang on private albums in several languages especially in Bengali. Īpart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Urdu. Kumar's versatility lies in the fact that he could sing songs in different voices(including the female voice). According to Ashok Kumar, Kumar's success came because his voice hit the microphone straight at its most sensitive point. Though Kumar was not formally trained in classical music, he could sing Bhajans, Ghazals and He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian film industry and from soft numbers to peppy tracks to romantic moods, Kumar sang in different genres but some of his rare compositions which were considered classics were lost in time. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music. info)) 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor.Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly ( pronunciation ( help
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