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Kishore
Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born as Abhas
Kumar Ganguly, was a Bollywood film playback singer (Hindi,
Bangla, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri,
Oriya) and actor of Bengali Indian origin. Although he is
better known for his melodious and hit songs of Hindi movies
in bollywood, he has also made his contribution to Bengal,
a state whose language happens to be his mother tongue.
Not only has he sung bengali film and non film songs(Adhunik),
he has also given voice to some of the most well known Rabindra
sangeet (Tagore songs).
To
name a few, "Akash Bhora Shurja tara", "jodi
tor Dak Shune keu Na Ashe tobe Ekla cholo re", "Amar
Ondho prodeep" are some of the well known Tagore Songs
sung by him. Although Kishore Kumar was always famous for
light hindi songs, he has done no less justice to the Tagore
songs sung by him. An untrained singer as he was, he left
no trace of this while singing Rabindra Sangeet, something
which he did not sing usually. The album of his tagore songs
are very popular till date in Bengal. Besides he even sang
a Tagore Song in the Legendary Director Satyajit Ray's classic
movie, "Charulata", for the eminent Bengali actor
Soumitra Chatterjee. The song "ami chini go chini tomare.."
is still well remembered as it is here that Kishore Kumar
depicted his marvel at portraying the youth and the vibrance
of the character "Amal" with sheer efficiency
and intricacy.
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