Kishore KumarBackground information
Birth name Abhas Kumar Ganguly
Born August 4, 1929(1929-08-04)
Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar
Died October 13, 1987 (aged 58)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Genre(s) Bollywood and regional filmi playback, Rabindra Sangeet
Occupation(s) Singer, Actor, Director, Musician
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 1946–1987
Kishore Kumar (Hindi: किशोर कुमार) (August 4, 1929 – October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and actor. He also achieved notable success as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.
Kishore Kumar was a prolific vocalist and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. Along with Mohammed Rafi , and Mukesh, he was one of the leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1950s to the mid-1980s.
In October 1987, he died following a massive heart attack. He had been married four times and was survived by his two sons Amit Kumar, who made his career in playback singing in Bollywood and Bengali films, and Sumit Kumar.
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