Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born as Abhas Ganguly, was a Bengali Indian film playback singer (Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Oriya) and actor. He also worked as producer, composer and lyricist but is chiefly remembered as one of the three leading male playback singers in Bollywood (the other two being Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh). He sang extensively with the songbirds of Bollywood - Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

Awards

The songs for which Kishore kumar won his filmfare awards:

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• 1969 Roop tera mastana - Aradhana
• 1975 Dil aisa kisi ne mera toda - Amanush
• 1978 Khaike paan banarasu wala - Don
• 1980 Hazar Raahen - Thodisi Bewafaii
• 1982 Pag ghungroo baandh meera - Namak Halaal
• 1983 Agar tum na hote - Agar tum na hote
• 1984 Manzilen apni jagah - Sharaabi
• 1985 Saagar Kinaare - Saagar