Lesser known facts about legendry singer Kishore Kumar

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Kishore Kumar chewed several paans while recording 'Khaike paan banaras wala' for Amitabh Bachchan's Don.

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During his career, Kishore Kumar has donned several hats like playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter.

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He was known for his pranks and had even out up a ‘Beware of Kishore’’ sign at the door of his Mumbai’s Warden Road house.

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He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category.

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Kishore Kumar is said to have been paranoid about not being paid. During recordings, he would sing only after his secretary confirmed that the producer had made the payment.

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Kishore Kumar married four times. His first wife was Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta aka Ruma Ghosh. Their marriage lasted from 1950 to 1958. His second wife was actress Madhubala, who had worked with him on many films including his home production Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and Jhumroo (1961). When Kumar proposed to her, Madhubala was sick and was planning to go to London for treatment. She had a ventricular septal defect, and he was married to Ruma. After his divorce, the couple had a civil wedding in 1960 and Kishore Kumar converted to Islam and reportedly changed his name to Karim Abdul. Kishore Kumar's third marriage was to Yogeeta Bali, and lasted from 1976 to 4 August 1978. Kishore was married to Leena Chandavarkar from 1980 until his death. He had two sons, Amit Kumar with Ruma, and Sumit Kumar with Leena Chandavarkar.

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Kishore Kumar's first film appearance was in Shikari in 1946 in which his brother Ashok played the lead role.

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Abhas Kumar changed his name to Kishore and started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies, where his brother worked.

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar was born in a Bengali Ganguly family as Abhas Kumar Ganguly.