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Jun 25, 2012, 2:37:18 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Kishore Kumar (1929-87)'''
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+Actor, singer, director, music director and
+producer born in Khandwa, MP. Moved to
+Bombay and featured occasionally in
+Saraswati Devi’s chorus at Bombay Talkies
+where elder brother Ashok Kumar was the
+top star. Imitated his hero, K.L. Saigal, e.g. in
+the Khemchand Prakash song in Rimjhim
+(1949). Early reputation as an actor who sang
+his own songs mostly in slapstick comedies,
+often playing the unemployed youth (Musafir,
+Naukri). After New Delhi and Chalti Ka
+Naam Gaadi, gained recognition for off-beat
+humour and for providing a new musical
+sound. His career as India’s most famous male
+playback singer, certainly in the 70s, was
+effectively launched when he became Dev
+Anand’s singing voice with Ziddi (Marne ki
+duaayen) and Munimji (1955: Jeevan ke
+safar). Formally untrained, he assimilated jazzscat
+fragmented musical notes into a rhythmic
+sequence and, once its beat was established,
+departed from the pattern and combined notes
+and words/syllables into new kinds of musical
+harmony in the 50s (largely restricted to
+melody with the singer following the
+instrumentation). Composer Kalyanji, with
+whom Kishore Kumar pioneered the use of
+electronic music, said that his riyaz (practice)
+lay more in his skills as a mimic rather than in
+technique. His songs spanned many genres:
+Ina mina dika was the pinnacle of a USderived
+popular song introduced by C.
+Ramchandra in the 50s; he sang several ‘sad’
+numbers, esp. in films he directed and which,
+contrary to his image, were often tragedies
+(e.g. the song A chal ke tujhe in Door Gagan
+Ki Chhaon Mein); practised yodelling in the
+title song of Jhumroo and continued in later
+films; sang about his income-tax harassment
+during the Emergency and once, the legend
+goes, he set the Malthusian theory of
+population to music. Also evoked a tradition of
+Bengali comic songs of e.g. comedians
+Nabadwip Haldar and Tulsi Chakraborty,
+some of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s compositions,
+and later music of Ranjit Roy. The
+unpredictability of his musical sequencing was
+translated into his performances where the
+slapstick comedy of Baap Re Baap, Half
+Ticket, New Delhi and Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
+have been seen as one of the Hindi cinema’s
+precedents of postmodernism: the apparently
+‘tribal’ music of Jhumroo is a pastiche of
+Tequila; in Half Ticket, the classic chase
+sequence has hero and villain dancing in
+Nautanki garb and in a freewheeling Slavic
+harvest number. His approach echoes Danny
+Kaye’s style of comedy, but the performative
+idiom is largely original although he refused to
+claim auteur status. The songs, however, fall
+into two fairly distinct periods: one as Dev
+Anand’s singing voice, the other as Rajesh
+Khanna’s playback voice after Aradhana
+(1969), leading to classic Bachchan numbers
+including the Don (1978) song, Khaike pan
+banarasvala. In the 80s gave huge public
+concerts in India and abroad. His Madison
+Square Garden concert became a best seller on
+cassette. His son, Amit Kumar, is currently a top
+singer in Hindi films.
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also d & music d/** also
+music d): 1946: Shikari; 1947: Shehnai; 1948:
+Sati Vijaya; Ziddi; 1950: Muqaddar; 1951:
+Andolan; 1952: Cham Chama Cham;
+Tamasha; 1953: Faraib; Ladki; Lehren; 1954:
+Adhikar; Dhobi Doctor; Ilzaam; Miss Mala;
+Naukri; Pehli Jhalak; 1955: Baap Re Baap;
+Char Paise; Madh Bhare Nain; Rukhsana;
+1956: Aabroo; Bhagambhag; Bhai Bhai;
+Dhake Ki Malmal; Mem Sahib; Naya Andaz;
+New Delhi; Parivar; Paisa Hi Paisa; 1957:
+Miss Mary; Aasha; Bandi; Begunah; Musafir;
+1958: Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi; Chandan;
+Delhi Ka Thug; Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala;
+Ragini; Lookochuri; 1959: Chacha Zindabad;
+Jaalsaaz; Shararat; 1960: Apna Haath
+Jagannath; Bewaqoof; Girl Friend; Mehlon Ke
+Khwab; 1961: Jhumroo**; Karodpati;
+Madhya Rater Tara; 1962: Bambai Ka Chor;
+Half Ticket; Manmauji; Naughty Boy;
+Rangoli; 1963: Ek Raaz; 1964: Door Gagan
+Ki Chhaon Mein*; Baghi Shahzada; Mr X In
+Bombay; Daal Mein Kala; Ganga Ki Lehren;
+1965: Hum Sub Ustad Hain; Shriman
+Funtoosh; Ek Tuku Chhoya Lage; 1966:
+Akalmand; Ladka Ladki; Pyar Kiye Jaa; 1967:
+Hum Do Daku*; Dustu Prajapati; Albela
+Mastana; Duniya Nachegi; 1968: Do Dooni
+Char; Hai Mera Dil; Padosan; Sadhu Aur
+Shaitan; Shrimanji; Payal Ki Jhankaar; 1970:
+Aansoo Aur Muskaan; 1971: Door Ka Rahi*;
+Hangama; 1972: Pyar Diwana; Bombay To
+Goa; Zameen Aasmaan**; 1974: Badhti Ka
+Naam Daadhi*; 1978: Ek Baap Chhe Bete;
+Shabash Daddy*; 1981: Chalti Ka Naam
+Zindagi*; 1982: Door Wadiyon Mein Kahin*;
+1989: Mamata Ki Chhaon Mein (d only,
+completed by Amit Kumar).
+
+[[Actor]]
+
+[[Music]]
+
+[[Director]]
+
+[[Producer]]