Sunday, October 17, 2010
kishore kumar history
orn - 4
August
1929
Died - 13
October
1987
Achievements - He was a famous Bollywood
playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer,
producer, director, screenwriter cum a
scriptwriter. He used to be among the three
leading male Bollywood playback singers along
with Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi during his life
time.
Born on 4 August 1929 at the Khandwa town of
Central Provinces and Berar, British India that is
now located in the Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh, Kishore Kumar was a man of many
talents. He was a famous Bollywood playback
singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer,
director, screenwriter cum a scriptwriter. Kishore
Kumar, however, was more popular as an actor
during his lifetime. And his songs gained more
mass appeal especially after his passing away in
1987. Today, if you are an avid Bollywood songs
listener, you've to have a CD of Kishore Hits in
your music collection.
Here's more update on the biography of Kishore
Kumar, who used to be among the three leading
male Bollywood playback singers along with
Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi during his life time.
Born into a Bengali family, Kishore Kumar's
original name was Aabhas Kumar Ganguli. His
parents were advocate Kunjalal Ganguli and
Gouri Devi, who hailed from a very well-to-do
family. Abhas was the youngest of four siblings.
The other three were Ashok Kumar, who was the
eldest, Sati Devi and Anoop Kumar.
Abhas was still a child when his eldest brother,
Ashok Kumar became a famous Bollywood actor.
This gave Abhas or Kishore Kumar the apt
opportunity to get an easy break into the Hindi
filmdom. Kishore Kumar did not have a formal
training in music, but it was just a matter of time
before he started taking a keen interest in
movies and music. He was a great fan of
legendary senior Indian actor-singer, Kundan Lal
Saigal and he soon started mimicking his style.
His gradually developed his own yodeling style
of singing after music director, SD Burman
advised him to stop copying Saigal.
In the Bollywood music circles, yodeling style of
singing soon became Kishore's trademark. And
in the time to come, Kumar sang in various
languages like Hindi, Bengali that was his
mother tongue, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati,
Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. Music
director S. D. Burman appreciated Kishore
Kumar's singing style and is credited for
boosting Kumar's singing talent. He asked
Kishore to sing for films like Munimji (1954), Taxi
Driver(1954), House No 44 (1955), Funtoosh
(1956), Nau Do Gyarah (1957), Paying Guest
(1957), Guide (1965), Jewel Thief (1967), and
Prem Pujari (1970).
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