He hung the portraits of all these three personalities at his Gouri Kunj 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 but later evolved his own, unique style. 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. Early lifeĪfter Ashok Kumar became a star of Hindi films, the Ganguly family visited Bombay (now Mumbai) regularly. In 2012, his unreleased last song sold for ₹15.6 lakh 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. 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 released a few non-film albums in multiple languages, especially in Bengali, which are noted as all-time classics. īesides Hindi, he sang in many other Indian languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia and Urdu. According to his brother and legendary actor Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar was successful as a singer because his 'voice hits the mike, straight, at its most sensitive point'. He used to sing in different genres but some of his rare compositions, considered classics, were lost in time. He was one of the most popular singers in the Indian subcontinent, notable for his yodeling and ability to sing songs in different voices.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music.

info) 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor.

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