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Kishore Kumar

Famous playback singer



Kishore Kumar, an outstanding playback singer and perhaps the most popular male voice of Bollywood, was born at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh on August 4, 1929. Originally named Abhas Kumar Ganguly, he was also a successful music composer, a well-known actor, producer and director. He had acted in over 80 films. Among his hit films were 'Bhai Bhai', 'Musafir' and 'Padosan'. Besides Hindi, he had sung songs in Bengali (his mother tongue) and a number of other Indian languages. He died on October 13, 1987.


Updated on 7th June, 2005

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