KK Birthday Special: Bollywood’s famous singer KK may not be among us now, but his voice will always be in our hearts. He was a talented and versatile singer, who has sung great songs. His songs like Tadap Tadap, Pal, Yaaron in his career are praised by his fans a lot. For uninitiated, he never took singing lessons. KK, who captivated the hearts and minds of the audience, was heard singing even before he took his last breath. Today, on the occasion of his birthday we will share something special about him.
Story of KK
KK was Born on 23 August 1968 in Delhi, KK’s full name is Krishnakumar Kunnath. His voice is heard in the songs of every other film. Apart from Hindi KK also sung in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati films. He did his schooling from Mount St. Mary’s School in Delhi. He graduated in commerce from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. Meanwhile, he was fond of singing since childhood, but he never took any training for it. He definitely went to music school but left it within a few days. You will be surprised to know that from the second class itself, he started giving performances on stage. It is said about KK that he was greatly influenced by Kishore Kumar and Rahul Dev Burman. During college days, he often used to sing the song ‘Mehbooba’ from the film ‘Sholay’.
KK even did salesman’s job
Despite having the skill and hobby of singing songs since childhood, KK chose the job of a salesman for himself. The reason for this was his childhood love Jyoti Krishna. To marry the love of his life he worked as a salesman in the hotel industry for eight months. One day suddenly he started thinking of making a career in singing by leaving this work. He started it by making jingles. He sang more than three thousand jingles. KK got a big break in Bollywood with the song ‘Tadap Tadap’ from the film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. After this song, he started being counted in big singers. According to reports, he has sung about 200 songs in Bollywood.
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Death after Kolkata Concert
Sadly at the age of 53, he said goodbye to the world. The news of KK’s death broke everyone. Before his last breath he was doing a concert in Kolkata.
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