Kishore Kumar Anusmaran 2009!

The First Kishore Kumar Anusmaran & State Level Singing Competition Of Kishore Kumar Songs were conducted by SARGASAGARA on October 13, 2009 @ Tutor Mantra, Pavaratty, Trichur, Kerala! It is interesting to know that it is The First State Level Kishore Kumar Song Singing Competition, Conducted Anywhere In The Southern States Of India!

Kishore Kumar, the Ever Inspiring Singer Of India, was never given the much needed rightful recognition in the southern states, all these years. It was then with the help & direction of the Founder Director of Johnson's Spoken English Course Mr V. Johnson, the Quality Based Educational Institution Tutor Mantra planned & executed in coordination with SARGASAGARA, The Ultimate Platform Of All The Performing Artists, the ace programme Kishore Kumar Anusmaran with the State Level Kishore Kumar Song Singing Competition!

Since then, Kishore Kumar Anusmaran & The State Level Singing Competition Of Kishore Kumar Songs are conducted every year on October 13, with great participation from the singers, Kishore Kumar fans & the public. Even females vie competitively in the general section of the competition gives the event a special charm. Media too give constant & quality support to this Great Tribute To The Legendary Singer Kishore Kumar, conducted every year by the Ultimate Platform Of All The Artists - SARGASAGARA!

In the first year of the State Level Singing Competition Of Kishore Kumar Songs Anish Swaminathan, Saju Sathyan & Anu P.A secured the first, second & third prizes respectively & received thousands of rupee worth of cash awards, mainly sponsored by Johnson's Spoken English Course & Tutor Mantra! The cash awards were given away by the veteran Malayalam poet Mr. A.D. Antony.

KISHORE KUMAR THE SINGER – A PORTRAIT!

Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 – October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and actor. Born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, he changed his name to Kishore Kumar and started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies.

Music director Khemchand Prakash gave him a chance to sing the song Marne ki duayen kyon mangu for the film Ziddi (1948). After this, Kishore Kumar got a large number of other assignments. He also achieved notable success as a director, screenwriter, scriptwriter and ofcourse as an actor! 

It is very interesting to know that the legendary Salil Chowdhury, 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. However, after hearing his voice, he gave him the song Chhota sa ghar hoga, which was supposed to be sung by Hemant Kumar. Another legendary music director S. D. Burman is credited with spotting Kishore Kumar's talent as a singer, and advancing his singing career!

It is amazing to know that Kishore Kumar did not have a formal training in music and it is he who made yodelling his trademark and applied yodelling with a new zeal to his songs! The songs Main Hoon Jhumroo and Thandi Hawa Yeh Chandni from Jhumroo, Nakhrewali from New Delhi, Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan from Pyar Ka Mausam, and Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana from Andaz (1971), Thodi Si Jo Pi Lee Hai from Namak Halaal (1982) are wonderful & great  examples of yodelling in Hindi film music!

Kishore Kumar was a rebellious singer. He sang in unorthodox style and created a style of his own very much different from the singing style of playback singers of his era and even the post Kishore era. In the late 1960s, S. D. Burman's son, Rahul Dev Burman started patronising Kishore Kumar & he won his first Filmfare award for the song Roop Tera Mastana in the film Aradhana, directed by R.D. Burman! R. D. Burman considered Kishore Kumar his favorite singer, and recorded several hit songs with him in the 1970s.

 Kishore Kumar was a prolific vocalist and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. And, he was the leading male Bollywood playback singer from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. On October 13 1987, he died of a heart attack in Mumbai. He recorded his last song a day before he died. The song was Guru O Guru, a duet with Asha Bhosle, for the film Waqt Ki Aawaz (1988) composed by Bappi Lahiri for Mithun Chakraborty.

Kishore Kumar's voice inspired many upcoming Bollywood singers, including Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod and Babul Supriyo. After his death, many of his songs have been remixed or re-sung by several artists! He won the prestigious Filmfare award 8 times; starting with the 1969 Roop tera mastaana  from Aradhana he continued winning it 7 more times; 1975 Dil aisa kisi ne from Amanush. 1978 Khaike Pan Banaras Wala from Don, 1980 Om Shanti Om from Karz, 1982 Pag ghunghroo baandh from Namak Halaal, 1983 Hamen aur jeene ki from Agar Tum Na Hote, 1984 Manzilen apni jagah from Sharaabi, 1985 Saagar Kinaare from Saagar all honoured him with the prestigious National award!