Kishore Kumar was no ordinary human. Zindagi Ek Safar – A
must watch for all who love Kishore Kumar and his multi-talented career of an
immensely creative personality, it is a documentary and is the one and only
video documentary made in 1989, on the happening life of the most versatile musical
phenomenon called Kishore Kumar.
Directed by Sandip Ray (son of the renowned film-maker,
Satyajit Ray), the movie talks about KishoreDa’s lesser known childhood, his
energetic career as an actor and his incomparable contribution as a singer
along with famous clips of his uncountable melodious songs which are still
cherished by Hindi film music lovers living all over the world.
Intelligently compiled by Sandip, the movie not only
showcases the brighter side of KishoreDa’s persona but also talks about the
grey shades of his identity, which were sadly publicised in the media as an
strange behaviour towards insanity. Ironically, Kishore da himself talks about
it with Lata Mangeshkar in an interview featured in the documentary. Exploring
different phases in the life and career of KishoreDa, as an actor, producer,
director, singer, composer and lyricist, the movie smartly makes us familiar
with the real truth behind many famous myths about him.
In Bimal Roy's Naukri (1954) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's
directorial debut Musafir (1957). Salil Chowdhary, the music director for
Naukri was initially dismissive of him as a singer, when he came to know that
Kishore Kumar didn't have any formal training in music.
Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born as
Abhas Kumar Kanjilal Ganguly, was a legendary Bollywood film playback singer
(Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Oriya) actor of
Bengali, Indian origin also lyricist, composer, producer, director,
screenwriter and scriptwriter. Although known primarily for his successes as a
singer, Kishore Kumar was a noted actor. His comedy work included Chalti Ka
Naam Gaadi, Half Ticket, Padosan, Baap Re Baap, Pyar Diwana (1973), and Hungama
(1971)). As a leading (non-comic) actor he had roles in films such as Naukri,
Bandi, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein, Door Ka Raahi. He holds the record for most
number of Filmfare Awards won for Best Male Playback Singer. Today Kishoreda is
no more, but he remains etched in our minds courtesy his scores of priceless
songs.
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