A musical event to witness the unreleased songs of Kishore Kumar

margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;background:whiteOn the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of Kishore Kumar on August 4, a musical event Shraddhay Smaraney Chiro Kishore will take place at a city auditorium on August 2. Kishore Kumar was born on 4 Aug,1929 at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. He started his career as an actor though gradually he proved his mettle in being a versatile singer. He even produced several hit films like Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein, Jhoomroo, Lukochuri, Chalti Ka Naam Gadi and so on. He bagged eight

Filmfare Awards

as best male playback singer. He recorded so many songs but a few got shelved as the films did not see the light of the day. The unheard, unreleased songs of Kishore Kumar will be presented by some of the young talented singers of this generation at the musical concert. Kishore started making a film with Madhubala and named it Neela Aasman in which he composed and penned the lyrics too. After Madhubala fell ill, he stopped its shooting and thus the songs were unreleased as well. The same way Gulzar started making

Devdas

featuring Dharmendra, music composer was RD Burman. He recorded a Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar duet, Kaise Dekhoon Mere Ankhon Ke Bahoot Pas Ho Tum, which also got shelved.

Salil Chowdhury

was the music composer in Zindagi Juya Hai in which Kishore recorded the title song but due to some reasons, it was unreleased as well. Besides that, several untitled films had Kishore Kumar's songs. So, the audience present at the concert can experience some of the unheard songs of the legend apart from a few of his popular songs. Singers like Shibaji Chatterjee, Saikat Mitra, Indrani Sen, Miss Jojo, Lopamudra Mitra, Rupankar, Manomay Bhattacharya, Parnava, Swakshar, Tathagata, Arijit and Sujoy Bhowmick will be performing at the event.