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Singer, actor, composer and filmmaker Kishore Kumar was born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly in Khandwa on 4 August 1929.
Kishore Kumar: The Star Who Spent Forty Years Wanting to Go Home
From a young boy in Khandwa mimicking K.L. Saigal to the eccentric genius who defined the sound of Indian cinema, Kishore Kumar’s journey is a melody of madness…
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