Kishore kumar was born on 4th august 1929 at khandawa in
Madhyapradesh(India)
kishore’s Mai hu zumroo voice, was the voice of youth in India " .Kishore’s was a pahadi voice with characterstic tenderness, softness, & extraordinary depth. He is favorite singer of sharaukh khan, Neil mukesh the grandson of Mukesh.
Kishore is a craze even today! we constantly listen his voice
"Bachana Ae hasino" reincluded in the movie. Amongst contemporary
legends kishore is most remembered today by current youth and his
songs like "chookar mere manko", "ho mre dilki chaain", "dil kya kare" toe tapping "dekha na hi re socha na ". He employed modern style of singing reflected in the
song "mere sung sung aaya teri yado ka mela" . He
usually had
alaaps of "ha he." rather than usual "Aa" even in songs like " Tere
mere milan ki raina", " Do panchi do tinke kaho leke chale hai kahan".
At the peak of his carrer ihis song was specially included later ln the already musical hit movie
"Geet gata chal " & advertised
in newspapers. Please do not miss added song sung by kishore! . He introduced
yodelling. Being a sugam singer he did not beleive much in
allaps & he was not trained. Yet he used electrifying taan which can
be praciced by only clasical singers in songs, "Aankhome Me hamne
apke sapane sajaye hai" a duet with Lata( Lata does not use this
variation) & " Jab bhi koi kangana bole paaya khanak jaye " . His talent was spotted by khemchand Prakash and S.d burman
RD burman made kishore sing
"Hume tumse pyar kitana" in soft emotional voice with sheer impact of
voice against the Parvenn sultana classical mujra version. This was the
only experiment of it’s kind in Boll**ywood and kishore’s version was the first choice of rd burman when he came on radio.
The song "ye Jeevan hai" from piya ka Ghr is sung in a voice softer
than lori songs .So is the subtle depth and softness in the song " Zindagi ka
safr hi ye kaisa safar" & the song "Jeevan se na haar jeenevale"
which was a moral booster for soldiers in kargil war. Who can
forget the mesmerising and divine voice in th song "kab tak
andhere chlate rahenge" in Bato Bato me( composer rajesh
roshan) . . Apart rom lata
kishore was the only singer who had divine voice. No wonder
Lata, Asha, Manna dey, s.d Burmn and R.d burman rate him as best
amongs the male legends and so from year 1969 with Aradhana songs kishore
was crownedas c number one playback singer and he retained it till his
death on 13 th october 1987 when he left us singing his own composition
"panthi u me us path ka ant nahi jisa ka"**.
With the song "Jeevan ke safr me rahi" kishore and sachinda began. kishore sang in "chanchal voice" of youth "Nakhare wali" to
steal the hearts of girls. Kishore gave expression to romntic love by
singing the ghazal *, *and "pyar ki anokhi
duniya ka Ijahar kiya", "pal pal dil ke pas " kahate hue!
"Pyar me jab alagav aaya to aap ga pade, "* wo shyam uch ajib thi" *and
gave vent to the feeling of heartbreak as *" dil aj shyar hai gam aaj
nagma hai" . *To reflect the pain in life he sang *" chingari koi
bhadake"
When he was fade up he sang *" koi lauta de mere bete hue din" *but to
revoke hope he sang " A chal ke tuze mai eke chalu" * .Kishore ne Zindagi
ko alag andaj me jataya "Zindagi ek safar hai suhana" He gave expession
to philosophy of life very subtly in "Aaneala pal jaane wala hai".
By singing the song "Tum bin jau kaha" he demonstarted tht a singer’s
talent can make such a gr8t difference to a song! when you listen his
beautiful rendition of the semiclassical high pitched song "Mere naina
sawan bhado" where his voice is deep even at high pitch one senses that art and artiste is the gift of nature. He
sang classical song "Payaawalili dekh na"
He gave expression to the pain of lonliness in" *Koi hota jisko apna
kahalate yaro*" and "kio humdum a raha!" Perhaps such voice emerge once
in centuries and he has left us on octber 13, 1987 reminding us that
"zindagi ka safr hai ye kaisa afr koi amaza nahi koi jana nahi"
A critque: It is surpriing that composers like naushad, roshan,
o.p nayyar used kishore’s voice seldomly and shanker jaikihan abandoned
his voice in sixties .
With deep voice, a great range, composers
barring rd burman rarely used the variety in his voice. when one hears
mesmerizing "kab tak andhere chalate rahenge udasi bhae din kabhi
dur honge" one really feels that bollywood failed to do justice to this
graet voice. .Composers of 50s did not use him and
composers of later years exploited his voice commercially With op
nayyar kishore’s "piya piya " kare jiya
pukare scores and "meri nindo me tum " is a
great duet. kishores rendition of "Maine tumse kuch nahi
manga" for "katha" composer Ram laxman is superb! . His best as a
singer also comes under his own compositions! HE sang many excellent
songs in
last stage of his carear in eighties last being " kabhi ho ti nahi
jiski har wo hai pyar" in 87 .
he
sang for amitabh, rajesh khana", dev anand, sanjivkumar, jeetendra, anil kapur, Govinda, shashi, raj, shammi
kapur, jackie, kamal hasan, rajanikant, Dilipkumar, father -sons rajendra
kumar(- kumar gaurav, Sunil dutt -
sanjay dutt, rishikapur-ranvir dharmendra-sunny, Mehmood, pran, reflecting
their personlity!
He refused to sing in support of
emergency .Govt banned his songs for a year resulting in comeback of rafi! .He received maximum filmfare
awards.
Perhaps time has given justice to kishore! More than any other singer
kishore is craze today! in youth!
*Gems of kishore
1 " zindagi ka sfar hai ye kaisa safar " ka- exraordinary depth & softness, philosohy
2 *"ye jeevan hai " -LP- softnes extraordinary softness
*3 koi hota jisko apna hum apna kahlate yaro -Salilil choudhary-extraordinary depth & grief
4 " Jeevan se na har Jeene wale" - -"Mesmerizing voice"
- aane wala pal Jaane wla hai - Rd burman." Unmatched depth & tone" the philosophy
6 "aa chalke tuze me leke chaly" great soft voice
7 " "kab tak andhere chalte rahenge" - rajesh roshan "Divine qulity in voice"
above 7 songs are probably aomngst the best sung 21 songs in bollwood history.
8 "chingari oi bhadke " - rd burman
9 "mera jeevan kora kagaz kora hi rah gaya - "kA" emptiness
10 "mere naina sawan bhado "- Rd burman
11 "nakhare wali " shankar jaikishan- gr8 yodelling
11 "ki lauta de mere beete hu din" - grief
12 "koi humdum na raha " loneliness expresion
13-"woh shyam kuch ajib thi" -hemant kumar - separation feeling
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14 "pal pl dil ke pas" romantic - Ka
15 "Jeevan se bhari teri aankhe " true love ka
"Mere mehboob kayamat hogi " ghazal of love" -lp
17 "dukhi mn mere"-sd burman -sadness
18 "Zindagi ek safar hai suhna" -sJ-Masti of ife
19 "dil kya kare" rajesh roshan teenage love
20 "dekha na hi re socha " -rd burman -toetapping