1. Kishore Kumar was born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly in a Bengali family.

2. The multifaceted singer had never received any vocal training.
3. He sang in a number of Indian languages- Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Oriya, and Kannada.
SD was like godfather to Kishore Da

4. His first film as an actor was Shikari which was released in 1946. His first song to be featured in a film was Marne Ki Duayein Kyun Maangu .
3 legends in single pic- Satyajeet Ray, Ashokkumar & Kishore Da ,

5. He sang both the male and female parts for the song Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe which was supposed to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
6. Once in an interview the Living Legend - Lata Didi said, we are nothing in front of Kishore Da meaning he is the best ever singer in India .
Two best ever in Indian Singing History

7. Kishore Kumar's yodelling was inspired by Jimmie Rodgers and Tex Morton.
8. The singer, who was immensely popular among the youth, holds the record for winning 8 Filmfare Awards. No one men else have won more than Kishore Kumar.
9. Kishore Kumar has an award named after him which is called 'Kishore Kumar Award'. It's awarded to people for contributions to Hindi Cinema.
10. Composer and artist Bappi Lahiri is Kishore Kumar’s nephew.

11. There used to be a signboard outside his bungalow that read ‘Beware of Kishore’.
Kishore Kumar sang most number of songs for Rajesh Khanna (245), followed by those of Jeetendra, Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachchan respectively.
There is very very big role of Kishore Da in making of Superstar Rajesh Khanna

12) For the film Half Ticket, Kishore sang both in male and female voices in the song, Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe.
13) During Emergency, he was asked to sing for an Indian National Congress rally in Mumbai, which he refused. As a result, there was ban on playing his songs by national broadcasters, All India Radio and Doordarshan from 1976 till the end of Emergency.
14) Kishore Kumar married four times – his first wife was Ruma Guha Thakurta (1950-1958). His second wife was Madhubala (1960-1969). He later married actor Yogeeta Bali in 1976, only to get divorced in 1978. He married actor Leena Chandravarkar in 1980 and they were together till his death 1987. Reports suggest that he converted to Islam to married Madhubala. He reportedly stopped singing for Mithun Chakraborty when Yogeeta married him, after leaving Kishore.
Kishore Kumar 1st wife

Kishore Kumar with Madhubala
Kishore Kumar with Leena Chandavarkar & son Amit Kumar .
15) Kishore’s eccentricities were legendary – he had put a sign board outside his flat which read ‘Beware of Kishore’. When director Rahul Rawail’s father HS Rawail, also a well-known producer-director, visited his home to pay Kishore the money he owed the singer, Kishore took the money and when the latter wanted to shake hands, the singer promptly put Rawail’s hand in his mouth. On being asked by surprised Rawail what he was doing, he replied: “Didn’t you see the sign?”
16) Talking of his eccentricities, Kishore was known to be a loner; he had no friends and often spoke to trees. Once when a reporter remarked how lovely he must be, Kishore took the reporter to his garden and introduced her to his trees!
Rare pic of Kishore Kumar with Kalyanji & Anandji

17) Hrishikesh Mukherjee had planned Anand with Kishore and Mehmood initially. Once, when veteran director went to Kishore’s home to discuss the story with the actor-singer, he was driven away by the guard due to a misunderstanding. Why? Kishore had not been paid for a stage show, organized by a Bengali. Consequently, he had instructed his guard to drive away “this Bengali” if he ever showed up at the singer’s place. Hrishikesh later made the film with Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan.

18) Kishore was paranoid about payment and strictly followed the policy of ‘no pay, no work’. Once while working on a film, he reported turned up at the sets with make-up done on half of his face. He had learnt that the producer hadn’t paid fully. When asked by the director, he replied: “Aadha paisa to aadha make-up.”
19) The famous song Paanch Rupaiyya Barah Ana was inspired by his debt to an Indore college canteen. He owed Rs 5.75 to the canteen.
20) Always all the governments previously Congress & now running government not given attention to Kishore Da - there are 1000s of singers got padma award but Kishore Da never got any such award ,But one thing to remember Kishore Da are much much bigger than those padma awards, they are are residing in millions of Indian hearts as Bharatratna ❣️❣️

Kishore Kumar with his mother & son Amit Kumar
Kishore Kumar with Mohammad Rafi

The legendary singer will always be celebrated for his melodious voice and timeless tracks!