The legendary Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly was a gem of the music industry. The singer was born on the 4th of August, 1929 in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. Taking birth in a Bengali household, he was a promising singer. He started his career as an actor like his brother Ashok Kumar. His debut movie was Shikari in 1946, but he didn’t find the spark in acting. Though, he did a few movies afterward. Later on, he made his singing debut in 1948 for the movie Ziddi. Later he pursued his career as a playback singer, lyricist, and music producer. He has recorded in various languages like Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil. Along with that, he learned many regional languages; those are Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Oriya, and Kannada. He has also sung various songs in these regional languages.
Let’s find out some interesting and unknown facts about this singer on his 93rd birthday, that are-
1. Kishore Kumar has sung the most number of songs for the actor Rajesh Khanna. He has given his voice to many songs, apart from Rajesh Khanna he has also sung for artists like Jeetendra, Dev Anand, Amitav Bachchan, and many more.
2. It isn’t unknown to everyone how versatile he was. Along with various talents, he was also capable of singing in both male and female voices. He first sang in a female voice in the song Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe.
3. He was banned for a long period of time on national broadcasters like All India Radio and Doordarshan because he refused to sing for an Indian National Congress rally in Mumbai.
4. He was a huge fan of the Hollywood actor and singer Danny Kaye. Not only that, but he also used to hang many posters of her in his house.
5. Kishore Kumar’s brother Ashok Kumar wanted to make him an actor like him but he was never interested in the fact and didn’t take the matter seriously.
6. He married multiple times in his life. he married four times and his first wife was the niece of Satyajit Ray, Ruma Guha Thakurta (1950-1958), his second wife was Madhubala (1960-1969). For whom he changed his religion to Islam and named himself Karim Abdul. Then he married Yogeeta Bali (1976-1978) and finally married Leena Chandravarkar in 1980. It was reported that Kishore stopped singing for Mithun Chakraborty after Yogeeta Bali married him and left Kishore Kumar.
7. He was a singer, who was known for his immense talent and creativity. In his musical career, he has won 18 Filmfare Awards. The first song he won the Filmfare was for Roop Tera Mastana in 1970. It is one of the most popular creations among all audiences.
8. Kishore Kumar was not like any other musician; he was very different from everyone. He used to keep a sign board outside his flat written ‘Beware of Kishore’. Once HS Rawail, the renowned producer-director visited his house to pay the money he owed. Instead of shaking hands, Kishore put Rawail’s hand in his mouth and when he was asked what is the reason for doing such thing, he promptly answered ‘Didn’t you see the sign?’ his way of style was very different and quirky, which he has hugely known for.
9. Another characteristic of his was, that he loved to spend alone time. That is why he never made many friends. The artist also used to talk with his tress. Once he also introduced a reporter to his trees by taking her to the garden.
10. Another very famous song of him is Paanch Rupaiyya Barah Ana. The idea of this song came from a very unique thing, which is very interesting. He had a debt of 5.75 rupees in a hostel of Indore college canteen, and that is how the concept of the song came.
11. He was very particular about his payments and he used to find out unique ways to draw attention to the matter. While working on a movie he came on set with make-up on half of his face. He did so after knowing that the producer hasn’t made his full payment. So when he was asked by the director what was the reason behind doing so, he said ‘Aadha paisa to aadha make-up’, which means half payment so half make-up.
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