Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film
playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi
film industry. Apart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including
Bengali,
Marathi,
Assamese,
Gujarati,
Kannada,
Bhojpuri,
Malayalam,
Odia, and
Urdu. He has also sung in private albums in several languages especially in Bengali which are noted as all time classics. He won 8
Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most
Filmfare Awards in that category. He was awarded the "
Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the
Madhya Pradesh government and from that year onwards, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated a new award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to
Hindi cinema