Kishore Kumar, a man hails from small city Khandwa, ruled the B-town and gave melodious meaning to almost every human emotion. He was a Bollywood star who mesmerized people with his melodious voice as well as amazed people with its outstanding acting skill. He has gained the lots of appreciation and love from the audience. On his birth anniversary, we bring you a few interesting facts about this interesting and talented personality which you would like to know.

• He was born on 4 August 1929 in Khandwa as Abhas Kumar Ganguly

• He was not a formally trained singer

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• He is maternal Uncle of Music compose Bappi Lahiri

• He has sung in many languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujrati, kannada, Oriya etc.

• ‘Shikari’ was his first film as an actor.

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• He started his career as the chorus singer at Bombay talkies and his first songs as lead singer is’ Marne ki Duayen Kyun Mangu’

• He won Filmfare best playback singer award for 8 times which is a record

• He got married four times. His first wife was Ruma GuhaThakurta then he married to Madhubala, Yogeeta Bali and Leena Chandavarkar.

• He opposed Indira Gandhi’s 20 point programme, therefore, he got banned from All India Radio.

• He has given numerous memorable hit songs including Mera Mehboob Qayamat hogi, Tera Bina Zindagi Se, O Mere Dil k Chain, Mere Sapno ki Rani etc.

• This Legend passed away on 13 October 1987 due to cardiovascular disease 

On the Occasion of His birth anniversary, we remember him and pay tribute to him and thanks him for his significant contribution to Entertainment Industry.