While this won’t be the first biography of the maverick Kishore Kumar, who could sing, act, dance, compose and direct, it is a delightful package for music and film lovers across age groups.

Meena Kumari and Kishore Kumar in 'Naya Andaz' (1956). Kishore's greatest hits as an actor came in the 1950s, also a time when he became more erratic in his behaviour on set. (Image source: Wikimedia ...

Singer, composer, lyricist, director, writer, actor. Kishore Kumar was all this and more. Apart from Satyajit Ray, I can think of no other person in cinema whose talents ranged across so many ...

Biographers, as Wilde’s remark implies, have an onerous responsibility as they wield considerable power in shaping the character of the subject they are writing on. More so, if the subject left this ...

The enigmatic singer was an amazing pack of multiple identities, ever changing with time. Instinctive and spontaneous, he expressed himself in parts but the sum of parts never revealed his true ...

Ayushmann Khurrana paid tribute to Kishore Kumar on his 95th birth anniversary. Born on August 4, 1929, in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, Kishore Kumar’s contributions to the Indian entertainment industry ...

‘Main hoon jhum jhum Jhumroo’: Kishore Kumar’s forgotten onscreen talent ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia; IMDb ) Known primarily for his gifted, effortless, and vibrant singing, Kishore Kumar was actually ...

This is one of the numerous anecdotes mentioned in Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography, written by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar. In their extensive and well researched work, the authors ...

Twelfth June 1975. Justice Jaganmohanlal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court had just disbarred Indira Gandhi as an MP, owing to electoral malpractices. The judgement was consequent to a petition filed ...

singer Kishore Kumar. The authors admit it themselves–– the subject is one that will spawn more books. The result of deep research, this could well be the take-off point for future bios on Kishore, as ...