Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987),(Bengali:কিশোর কুমার ) born Abhas Kumar Ganguly was a popular Indian film playback singer. He is also known as an actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter. Kishore Kumar sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won in that category. He was awarded the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government and from that year onwards, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated a new award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to Hindi cinema.
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Asian Network Gold: Kishore Kumar
Watch Kishore Kumar performing 'Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai' from the Indian film Kati Patang.
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Wikipedia article on Kishore Kumar
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0474822
- Last.fm page on Kishore Kumar
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Kishore Kumar
- MusicBrainz entry on Kishore Kumar
Personal Relationships
- Married to Ruma Guha Thakurta
- Parent of Amit Kumar
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