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.

Kishore's personal life

Kishore Kumar married four times, to Ruma Ghosh (1950 - 1958), Madhubala (1960 - 1969), Yogeeta Bali (1975 - 1978) and Leena Chandavarkar (1980 - 1987).

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1950 - 1958 - Madhubala - 1960 - 1969 - 1975 - 1978 - 1980 - 1987

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His son Amit Kumar also became a singer in almost the same style, although could not touch the heights achieved by the father. Kishore's second son, Sumit Kumar has also sung in films.

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