Amit Kumar Launches ‘kishore - Once More'

By Author: Asheesh
Total Articles: 79
Comment this article

Kishore Kumar's birthday is celebrated by fans and music lovers all over the world. This year, however had a novel celebration as Saregama, India's premier entertainment company chose to pay a tribute to the great singer. Saregama alongwith Radio City 91.1 FM came out with a new CD, ‘Kishore - Once More'. This CD is a double CD pack and is a collection of some of his most loved and evergreen songs. Some of the songs are 'Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si,' 'Gaata rahe mera dil', 'Raat kali ek khwab mein aai' and many more. Unforgettable melodies guaranteed to bring a smile to one's lips and put a spring in one's step, such is the magic of Kishore's buoyant singing style.

Saregama and Radio City roped in Amit Kumar Ganguly, the erstwhile singer's son to release the CD. Amit Kumar, an established singer of Bollywood in his own right, was very happy to be present at the occasion, where he shared some of his father's memories. His two sons, Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar, both have followed their father's footsteps while choosing their career. Amit is giving his voice for playback since many years now, whereas, Sumit has recently ...
... launched himself in the Hindi film industry. Sumit sang a version of Kishore's ‘Bachna ae haseenon' for Ranbir Kapoor.

Several film-makers in Bollywood are making biopics on the life of the legendary singer. Anurag Basu is said to have roped in Ranbir Kapoor to play the singer on screen while Katrina will play Madhubala, Kishore Kumar's second wife for nine years. Amit Kumar will be doing the playback for the film. Says Anurag,I recently saw Amit on a Bengali music reality show. I was zapped. The older he gets, the more he resembles his father in expression, body language and zest for life. I will definitely get Amit to sing for Ranbir in the film. After younger brother Sumit, now it's Kishore's elder son Amit's turn to sing for the actor.

Kishore Kumar is probably one of India's most loved playback singers. He is loved by one and all even decades after his demise in October, 1987. He won the hearts of millions with his melodious voice. Even in the current scenario with scores of playback singers, there are none to match his magic!

Kishore Kumar, the famous Bollywood playback singer and actor was born on August 4, 1929. His original name is Abhas Kumar Ganguly. Apart from singing and acting he tried hands on various things like writing lyrics, film direction and production, screenplay writing, script writing, almost anything and everything that was related to films. Kishore Kumar's singing wasn't limited to just Hindi, he sang songs in different Indian languages like Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malyalam and Oriya.

Viewers can check out the launch of the CD at NyooTV.com, which is one site where viewers can watch trailers of latest events. NyooTV - India's first Online Social TV brings a whole new world of entertainment with its innovative technology, rendering a viewing experience unmatched in quality. Viewers can watch Indian movies online and get continuous updates about the latest Bollywood movie online by following NyooTV through social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. Members of these social networking sites can watch Hindi movies, bollywood movies online, watch bollywood movies, new Bollywood movies trailers, latest Bollywood clips and events by simply logging into their accounts through NyooTV and get entertained with these high quality videos. Once logged in, viewers can also chat and discuss, with their friends on the network, about the video they are viewing.