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Kishore Kumar was a well-known actor, musician, lyricist, producer, filmmaker, and scriptwriter. He was also one of the most prominent playback singers in Bollywood cinematic history. He's won plenty of accolades for his singing capabilities. He has performed in various languages, including Bengali, Assam, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Orissa, Malayalam, Urdu, and Bollywood movies. Read on to explore the biography of this legend in detail.

Early Life And Family

Kishore Kumar was born in Khandwa, in the tiny town of Madhya Pradesh, on August 4, 1929. His real name was Abhas Kumar Ganguly, and he belonged to a Bengali household. Kishore Kumar's father's name was Kunjilal Gangopadhyay, and he worked as an advocate. At the same time, his mother's name was Gauri Devi. Kishore Kumar was the youngest son, with two brothers and a sister. Anoop Kumar and Ashok Kumar were his brothers, while Sati Devi was his sister. Ashok Kumar has appeared in several Hindi films. With the help and support of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar appeared in a few Bollywood films. Kishore Kumar developed an interest in movies and music while interacting with his siblings. He had been an outstanding actor, singer, and songwriter. He was a follower of KL Saigal. Kishore saw him as his inspiration and initially sang the songs in his style until Kishore found his own style.

Education

Kishore Kumar got his graduation degree from Christian College Indore. He left his further study in the middle to pursue his career in singing and landed in Mumbai. After coming to Mumbai, he made his career as a top professional and became one of the great singers and songwriters of all time.

Personal Life

Kishore Kumar has been married four times, and each of his wives was somehow involved in the film industry. Ruma Ghosh was his first wife'. Kishore wedded her in 1951, and she was a Bengali cinema star and lead singer. Amit Kumar, the son of Ruma and Kishore Kumar, is an artist,

The two singers sang approximately 300 duets, most of which were super hits. This number doesn’t include tandem songs they sang ,such as “Rimjhim girey saawan”(Manzil), or “Khilte hain gul yahaan” (Sharmilee) or “Mere naina sawan -bhadon”(Mehbooba). Actually the Kishore -Lata phenomenon is not difficult to decipher. Both of them ruled the airwaves during a time when romance was a very important ingredient of films. Kishore was the voice of the dashing lover/husband, while Lata was the voice of the virtuous lover/wife. Beginning with the 50s, when Dev was romancing women in every film, this romantic phase peaked in the 60s and the 70s, with Aradhana proving to be a landmark. 

Hey, kitne sapne, kitne armaan laya hoon main,dekho na

Kishore became synonymous with Rajesh Khanna after Aradhana. Then came other actors like Shashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and finally Amitabh Bachchan, who dominated the film industry at a time(the 1980s) when melody didn’t matter. It’s remarkable how Kishore modified his tone and tenor to match the unique personality of each of these actors. Kishore sang some really mediocre songs too during the 80s, which he clearly regretted. These songs were typically recorded for South-based “quickie” productions, usually remade from the original Telugu or Tamil films. RD Burman also went through a low phase during the same phase, during which Kishore’s songs were picturized on Jeetendra (“Ek Aankh Maroon toh",Tohfa) and occasionally a pot bellied Rajesh Khanna (“O Devi, O baby”, Maqsad), music for both films was composed by Bappi Lahiri. But the two friends kept their heads through this rather poor decade for  film music, even delivering some memorable songs for films such as Shaan (“Janu meri jaan”), Shakti (“Jane kaise kab kahan”) and Kaalia (“Tum saath ho jab apne”, “Jahan teri yeh nazarhai”).

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