On 4th of August in the year 1929, God blessed the earth with a soul which enlightened the world through the charm of his voice. That soulful voice belonged to non other than the legendary singer, Kishore Kumar, fondly known as Kishore Da. The magic of his voice can be seen in the songs sung by him in various languages like Bengali, Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri and Malayalam.This world-famous playback singer has also worked as an actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.
It's been rightly said that some people are just God gifted and Kishore Da was one of them. He could never had any formal training in music and initially started his career as an actor, yet his voice had that spell which could outnumber the most talented singers of his time! Kishore Da, Rafi and Mukesh, the names are just enough to believe that the songs are amongst the best ones, the film industry have ever witnessed! Out the of the three, Kishore Da was the only singer who could sing for almost all the actors unlike the other two of his time, where Mukesh was well at singing for Raj Kapoor and Rafi for Shammi Kapoor. There came a time in the world of silver screen, where Kishore Da earned the fame for giving voice to the mega stars Dev Anand and Rajesh Khanna. The person instrumental in polishing his talents was none other than the music director S.D. Burman, who actually implied Da to adopt a style of his own. From that day onwards, Kishore Da is accredited as being the only singer who can sing aptly for any mood and any music! The journey to success was on full fledged when music director R.D.Burman took over the task from his father. The two are (we could never have any pair like them) the most brilliant pair and just enough to keep others on their tune! Let it be, "Mere Sapno Ki Rani..." or "Phulon Ke Rang Se..".... "Kuch to log kahenge.." or "Main Shayar Badnaam..."...."Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhagi Si..." or "Aate Jaate Khoobsurat..."... "Dilbar Mere Kab Tak.." or "Mere Naina Sawan Bhado..."... "Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan..." or "Ye Dosti Hum Nahi..".... he has songs for everyone.... and for all the time! The magic in his voice seems to have the power which can make a dead soul rise and he is rightly titled as "The All Time Hit.... Kishore Da!"
Coming to my experience, I was inspired to hear Kishore Da because of my Father, who is a die-hard fan of him. As a kid, I have always imitated my Father and hence Kishore Da became my favorite but then I was unable to mark that spell in his voice which my Dad could... but then listening on a regular basis and after hearing other singers of his time as well as of my time.... I could very well distinguish what he had extra in his voice! Now also, I can't remember of a night when I have slept without hearing his songs! With the demise of this Legendary Singer, the Golden Period of music is definitely lost but the echo of his voice still remains in the hearts of his fans! Persons like him are born once in an era... with him this era is definitely over.... we won't ever get another soulful voice of his kind!
Happy Birthday, Kishore Da!
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