He was born Abhas Kumar Ganguly in Khandwa. At the age of 18, he came to Bombay where elder brother Ashok Kumar was a major star. He got his first opportunity as a singer in Bombay Talkies Ziddi (1948) where he sang the song Marne ki Duayen Kyon Mangu for Dev Anand. Being an ardent admirer of K.L. Saigal, the song was sung in the style of the legend.... He was the later-day Don Quixote de la Mancha who tilted at the windmills of false values so fostered by the Bombay film industry. But despite its perfidy and intrigue, the same film industry could never deny the undoubted genius of this versatile showman... Kumar has been called everything -- from a miser to a madcap to a moron. Perhaps, it is out of such madness that his genius emerged. As a singer, he was unparalleled: his songs coming as naturally as laughter. No other comedian had the precise timing for slapstick that he had and like slapstick itself, he was no respecter of age or sex.
A commemorative stamp was released by our Philatelic Bureau - Dept. of Posts India - commemorating our Legend Kishore Kumar.
The postal stamp was released on May 15, 2003.
The Singer Actor was a Legend who had a magical voice.. Let that be a Tragic or a Duet... he was THE MAN ..
No singer in the present world can replace this Unique Identity.
His song ’’ Hume tumse pyaar itna.. yeh Hum nahin jaante... ’’
This is the song which created a history..
Till date hardly any people would know .. Which movie it is... But ask any one if they know this song.
And thats our Kishore da!
Versatile singer and a man of different moods!
Kishore Kumar the legend ....
Many articles in the past have been published projecting varied perspectives of Kishore Kumar, they called him eccentric, they called him very human, romantic......
But what overwhelmed it all was his ’’Golden Voice’’ that gave us so many songs that are beyond par excellence.......
The depth, the emotion, the mettle, the voice, the incomparable Kishore Kumar the Legend Kishore Kumar’s passing on Oct 13, 1987 left a void that could never be filled.
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