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A Legend born on 4th August 1929 called Kishore Kumar a complete artist in all scale and all standard in the league of greats of golden era of Indian Film Music.
Kolkata walked all the way from Dharmatola to Shalkia Dharmatola. Minsiter Lakshmi Ratan Sukla and other dignitaries with Shalkia Kishore Kumar Cultural Society organized the event which has been supported by all walks of life across India demanding Bharat Ratna for Kishore Kumar.
Biography
Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Apart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia, and Urdu. He has also sung in private albums in several languages especially in Bengali which are noted as all time classics. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category. He was awarded the “Lata Mangeshkar Award” by the Madhya Pradesh government for the year 1985-86 and in 1997, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated an award called the “Kishore Kumar Award” for contributions to Hindi cinema.
