B-Town remembers Kishore-da on his 86th birth anniversary

Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Tue, 08/04/2015 - 16:34

On cinematic legend Kishore Kumar's 86th birth anniversary on Tuesday, tinsel town celebrities like Lata Mangeshkar, Shabana Azmi and Vishal Dadlani paid heartfelt tributes to him and rememebered his iconic songs.

Kishore Kumar, who was born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, started his career in the field of acting, with "Shikari" in 1946. In 1948, music director Khemchand Prakash gave Kumar a chance to sing "Marne ki duayen kyon mangu" for the film “Ziddi”.

“Maana janaab Ne Pukara Nahin”, “Yeh jo mohabbat Hai”, “O hansini meri hansini”, “Roop tera mastana”, “Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si”, “Haal kaisa hai janaab ka”, “Neele neele ambar par” and “Aise na mujhe tum dekho” are some of the hits the singer had given.

Here's what B-town had tweeted on his birth anniversary:

Many happy returns of the day to an effortless genius, a man whose voice inspires and rejuvenates! #HBDKishoreKumar pic.twitter.com/3cpDLVjkBm
— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) August 4, 2015

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— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 4, 2015

Happy Birthday Kishore Kumar! Lifelong friend to every music-lover, and voice of the soundtrack to, literally, billions of lives!
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 4, 2015

Being a Mukesh grandson,Im a huge Kishore da fan.Remembering him on his birthday.My most fav Kishore Kumar song is JAANE JAAN what's yours?
— Neil Nitin Mukesh (@NeilNMukesh) August 4, 2015

There is no voice like you existing in any form anywhere in the world. Duniya ke shor mein ek hi Kishore hai! Happy birthday Kishore Kumar!
— Milap Zaveri (@zmilap) August 4, 2015

happiness is a kishore kumar song. happy birthday kishore kumar. thank you for being my instant source of happiness.
— sujoy ghosh (@sujoy_g) August 4, 2015