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As a music director, Kishore Kumar directed music in 16 films. Except for Zameen Aasman<\/i>, 1972, AV Films, Chennai, produced by AV Meiyappan, all 15 were his own productions.<\/p>\n
It may come as a surprise to most that he directed 12 films, wrote stories for 15, and screenplay for 5; while penning lyrics for 24 songs and composing music for over 140 songs, officially. Some of these are immortal classics. Examples in case are songs from Jhumroo, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein, Door Ka Rahi, <\/i>and others.<\/p>\n Kishore Kumar debuted as a singer in Shikari<\/em> (1946)<\/p><\/div>\n Kishore always desired to be a singer with KL Saigal being his ideal. But his reputation of not being trained, that too with classical music, became a deterrent. I recollect that our seniors from that generation that frequented the cinemas in the \u201840s and \u201850s, would out rightly reject Kishore, saying that he was no singer. He had no knowledge of classical gayaki<\/i> or sur<\/i> and taal<\/i>, as he was never trained. I have heard this numerous times. This probably was the reason that forced Kishore to become an actor in films. It is also documented that brother Ashok Kumar insisted he become an actor rather than a singer. All of it leading to the reality that people never took him seriously as a singer.<\/p>\n The Beginning<\/b><\/p>\n His first master in the craft, and Kishore referred to him as Masterji, was legendary music composer, Khemchand Prakash. Prakash introduced Kishore as a lead singer for Dev Anand in Bombay Talkies’ Ziddi<\/i> in 1948. But Prakash died at a young age, soon after.<\/p>\n The other music composer who had seen the sparks of a singer in Kishore was SD Burman, who gave Kishore songs right from his first film in Bombay, Shikari<\/i>, in 1946. So grounded was the confidence that SD had in Kishore, that he literally moulded and fabricated Kishore into a singer. So much so, that he used Kishore as the voice of Raj Kapoor in Pyar<\/i>, 1950, then for Dev Anand in Baazi<\/i>, 1951, for Premnath in Naujawan,<\/i> 1951, and Gope in Ek Nazar<\/i>, 1951. He reaffirmed this faith again, using him as Dev’s voice with Jaal<\/i> in 1952, and finally even using him as playback for Dilip Kumar in Sagina<\/i> in 1974.<\/p>\n Khali pili kahe ko akkha din baith ke bom marta hai <\/i><\/strong>(Tamasha<\/i>,<\/b> 1952) Manna Dey \/ Bharat Vyas\/ Kishore.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Shikari-1946\"](\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/Shikari-1946.jpg\")