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Kishore Kumar, one of best singers that Bollywood has ever had, was born on August 4, 1929. On his birthday this Friday, we want to tell you 10 unusual facts about Kishore Kumar, some of which you may have never heard before.
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Kishore was born as Abhas Kumar, changed his name to Kishore Kumar to start his career in Bollywood. (PTI Image)
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Kishore Kumar has sung songs in multiple languages, including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. (Photo: Bollywood Hungama)
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Kishore Kumar holds the record for winning the highest number of Filmfare awards for Best Male Playback Singer. (Photo: Bollywood Hungama)
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Kishore Kumar had undergone no formal training in singing. (India Today) (Photo: Bollywood Hungama)
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Madhya Pradesh government has started Kishore Kumar award for his contributions to the Indian film industry. (India.com) (Photo: Facebook)
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Kishore Kumar was very particular about his payments. He would only start singing during records when his secretary informed him of the receipt of the payment. (India.com) (PTI Image)
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Kishore Kumar did not like media and unwanted visitors coming to his house, so he adopted a funny idea in order to shoo them away. He decorated his living room with skulls and bones attached with red lights and strange sounds. (Big Wire) (Photo: Facebook)
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Kishore Kumar had a "Beware of Kishore" sign placed on the entrance of his house. He once bit H S Rawail's hand when he offered to shake hands and when Kumar was asked why he did so, he pointed towards the sign (India Today) (PTI Image)
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Kishore Kumar married four times. His first wife was Satyajit Ray’s niece Ruma Guha Thakurta. His second wife was Madhubala, to marry whom he had changed his religion to Islam. His third wife was Yogita Bali, who is now married to Mithun Chakraborty and his fourth wife was Leena Chandavarkar, whom he was married to until his death. (Big Wire) (Photo: Facebook)
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Kishore Kumar was banned from All India Radio and Vividh Bharti during Emergency (1975-77) as he had had refused to endorse former PM Indira Gandhi's dictatorial decision. (India Today) (Photo: Bollywood Hungama)
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