the part of Indian Hindi cinema industry,
Kishore Kumar was born on August 4, 1929 in
Khandwa (present day Madhya Pradesh). And
on his 85th birthday, search engine giants
Google presented a classic doodle in the
memory of the actor-singer. Kishore Kumar
remains to be one of the lovable yet enigmatic
personality ever been in Bollywood.
The Google doodle made for the legendary
India film star is certainly a very classic and
artistic in taste. The doodle is kept simple with
the letters GOOGLE placed along with the ever-
smiling sketch of Kishore Kumar. If the users
paid more attention to the doodle, they would
notice the four different symbols at the four
corners of the doodle. These four symbols
represent the four elements of the
multifaceted person Kishore Kumar had been.
The symbols in the clock-wise are related to
acting shown by the two happy and sad masks,
second one is the camera that marked Kishore
Kumar as director, the third symbol of musical
note highlights Kumar as the singer while the
fourth symbol of notepad and pen reflects
Kishore Kumar as the screenplay writer and
script writer.
Kishore Kumar born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly
entered the cine industry as the chorus singer
at Bombay Talkies, where his brother worked.
His made his first film appearance in Shikari
(1946), the same film in which his brother
Ashok Kumar played the lead role. Kishore
Kumar’s first film as the lead hero was Andolan
(1951) directed by Phani Majumdar.
Kishore Kumar has given voice to a range of
leading heroes with the likes of Rajesh
Khanna , Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra,
Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Anand, Shashi
Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Vinod Khanna,
Dilip Kumar, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor,
Rajiv Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil
Kapoor, Rakesh Roshan, Dilip Kumar, Pran,
Sachin, Vinod Mehra, Chunky Pandey, Kumar
Gaurav, Govinda and Jackie Shroff. Kishore
Kumar has won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best
Male Playback Singer and still holds the record
for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that
category.
Kishore Kumar married four times; his wives
were Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha
Thakurta, second wife being legendary actress
Madhubala, third wife was to yet another
actress Yogeeta Bali and the last wife was Leena
Chandavarkar until his death. Some called him
a loner while for others he remained the Guru
fo Sunil Dutt’s character from Padosan movie.
He may have had several personalities but
Kishore Kumar remains to be the biggest name
ever been to grace the celluloid world. Kishore Kumar’s 85th birthday Google doodle is one classic piece! | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com
