Mumbai: It is 25 years today on October 13 since the Hindi film industry lost its greatest all-rounder, Abhas Kumar Ganguly, known to the world as Kishore Kumar- actor, singer, composer, scriptwriter, lyricist and filmmaker.
Kishore Kumar was a man of many moods and moments and so despite being a public figure there were many layers of this versatile legend that were not known to his fans. Like, it wasn’t Rajesh Khanna, but Kishore Kumar who was the original choice to play Anand in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1971 film. Here’s a look at five lesser known facts about Bollywood’s Yodeling king…
Kishore Da was married four times. His first wife was Bengali singer and actor Ruma Guha Thakurta aka Ruma Ghosh, who he was married from 1950 to 1958. He then married Madhubala, before she went to London for her treatment. However, Madhubala and Kishore had a troubled marriage with no acceptance from Kumar’s family.
It seems within a month of her wedding Madhubala moved back to her Bandra home because of tension in the Kishore Kumar household. This marriage lasted for nine years, and ended with Madhubala’s death on 23 February 1969. He was later hitched to Yogeeta Bali and this relationship lasted from 1976 to 4 August 1978.
Kishore’s fourth marriage was to Leena Chandavarkar from 1980 until his death. Kishore Kumar has two sons, Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar from his first and last wives respectively.
Bureau Report
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