Friday, June 18, 2010

Legendary Kishore Kumar

Synonym of acting, an acting institution in itself owner of versatility yes he is one and only Kishore Kumar 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987, was an actor as well as playback singer, even today he is remembered for his heart touching acting and singing, as Kishore Kumar was one of the leading singers of bollywood, he has ruled over film industry, he is known as Master of acting and singing.

Kishore KumarHe was a prolific vocalist and has given his touching and melodious voice in so many languages like Hindi, Marathi, Asamese, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya , Bhojpuri and Malayalam, he was an outstanding personality as he got achieved notable success as a director,lyricist, composer,screenwriter , producer and scriptwriter.He was born in to a Brahmin family, his birth name was Abhas Kumar Ganguly.

Kishore Kumar's father was a lawyer, his mother belonged to wealthy family, he was second youngest among four siblings, Ashok Kumar eldest, Sati Devi and Anoop Kumar. He regarded Kundan Lal Saigal as his Guru and followed his singing style, he achieved success from the movie New Delhi in 1957 along with his home production Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, he sang for all leading actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Sanjiv Kumar ,Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff and Mithun.

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