Last week was the birthday of a Bollywood legend - the super talented Kishore Kumar. Here's a quiz dedicated to one of the greatest singers ever born.
Once when Lata was travelling by train she met a handsome young man. When she reached her destination, she was surprised to see him follow her. She reached the studio and was shocked to see him follow her there too. When she told this to the music director, he laughed and said,'Arre, this is Ashok Kumar's brother Kishore'. And that was the first meeting of the two legends. Can you tell me the name of the music director at whose studio they met.
Once Salil Choudhury was to record a duet of Lata-Kishore. But Kishore stunned the composer by saying that he would sing the female version too. And he went on to sing the song successfully in male and female voices. Do you know which is this song?
Mohd. Rafi was the numero uno of Bollywood, before Kishore Kumar dethroned him. The rivalry between the two greats was only on paper, as they both were great friends.In fact Rafi sang songs for Kishore the hero. Can you name any song that Rafi has sung for Kishore.
Once while recording a duet, Asha Bhosle made a mistake,singing out of turn. This was not re-recorded, instead Kishore covered up the mistake during the picturisation by closing the heroine's mouth, when she starts to sing. Do you know which this song is.
Kishore Kumar sang the last song of a famous music composer after the composer’s death. The composer had gone into a coma for an year and after his death, Kishore made sure he completed the song. Do you know which is this song?
Kishore Kumar was known as a eccentric. But one of his friends described him as“..neither eccentric nor miserly..he was a louder version of Raj Kapoor’. Who described Kishore thus?
Kishore once heard a song sung by Lata and was so fascinated by it, he forced the composer to make another version in his voice.When the composer told him that it was a raga-based song, he replied in his inimitable style “Teri raga ki aisi ki taisi”!! It goes without saying the song was a big hit. Which is this song?
Kishore Kumar was reputed to be a miser. But he used to send money to a friend’s house regularlyafter his friend died. The friend’s wife had remarked that their family survived because of Kishore’s help. Do you know the name of this friend?
The famous cartoon series ‘Simpsons’ once featured a Kishore Kumar song. Can you tell the name of this song.
A world famous non-Hindi movie by an Indian film-maker, who was well-known in International circles, was financed by Kishore Kumar, who considered himself a patron of the arts. Incidentally, Kishore tried to emulate the film-maker’s style in his movies! Do you know the name of this famous film-maker?
Please send in your answers by M2M. Lots of prizes to be won.
