Kishore Kumar

Indian, Singer

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Kishore once stated in an interview with Pritish Nandy that he did not have any friends and preferred talking to trees instead.
He once had a sign outside his flat on Warden Road that read “Beware of Kishore.”
Kishore would follow “no money, no work” kind of rule and was said to be paranoid about not being paid.
After his marriage in 1960, Kishore reportedly changed his name to Karim Abdul and also converted to Islam.
Kishore passed away on the day of his eldest brother Ashok’s 76th birthday.
Throughout his career, Kishore had sung more than 126 songs.
He cited singer K. L. Saigal to be his inspiration. He also found a deep interest in the work of poet and musician Rabindranath Tagore as well as the American actor and singer Danny Kaye.
From 1946 to 1955, Kishore delivered 16 flop films of the 22 that he starred in due to his lack of interest. However, after liking his part in the film Ladki (1953), Naukari (1954) and a few others he started to take an interest which, resulted in a huge success.
At the start of his career, Kishore did not take to acting as much as he loved to sing. However, his older brother to follow in his footsteps.
Prior to joining the Bombay Talkies as a Chorus singer, he changed his name from “Abhas Kumar” to “Kishore Kumar”.
It was his older brother Ashok who helped Kishore step into the film industry.
He was raised in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh where his father once worked as the personal lawyer to Khandawa’s “Kamavisadar Gokhale” family.