![]() ![]() You can imagine how that would have turned out. In one case, where a director obtained a decree from the court directing him to turn up for work, he only did what he was expressly told to do. ![]() ![]() Kishore Kumar was notorious for asking his servants to ward off filmmakers, biting their hand as they paid him his fees, or not turning up for work. Why he is not as famous for them is that most of these came before 1970 or bombed at the box office.Īnd why he didn’t do more films is rooted in his own whimsies. While he has nearly 3,000 songs (including a duet where he sings the female side in falsetto) from 1,200 odd films, he also went on to act in about 90 films between 19. Everyone has their own range of favourite songs from Kishore Kumar, born on this day (August 4) in 1929, but if you ask about his film roles, what comes usually to mind is “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” (1958) where he starred with his elder brothers Ashok and Anup, or his over-the-top depiction of a pan-chewing music ‘ustad’-cum-love relationship consultant in “Padosan” (1968).īut there was much more to him as an actor, as he demonstrated a flair for essaying a wide variety of roles, held his own against the likes of Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari (“Naya Andaz”, 1956), and even Jayalalithaa (in “Man-Mauji”, 1962) and went on to inspire future generations.
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