TIL Desk/Bollywood- Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of the Indian singer and actor Kishore Kumar and the Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta.
He has sung many Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s and was more actively singing in Indian films from 1970 to 1994 as after death of R. D. Burman in 1994, citing lack of good quality music being composed he withdrew from playback singing and concentrated on live orchestra shows since 1995 and continues to perform worldwide. In addition to singing in Hindi, has also performed in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, and Konkani.
Amit Kumar’s duet song with Lata – Ka Janu Main Sajaniya from Hum Paanch in 1980 and his duet with Rafi from Aap Ke Deewane like Ram Kare Allah Kare and Humto Aap Ke Deewane Hai became famous. Then Amit sang all the songs for the 1981 film Love Story, and won a Filmfare Award for the duet “Yaad aa rahi hai” with Lata Mangeshkar. Composer R. D. Burman jokingly told Amit before its release that this song sounds like a “Bhajan”. After success of Love Story, Rajesh Khanna asked Amit Kumar to do playback for him for the very first time in Fifty Fiffty (1981) and then later Amit sang for Khanna in Aakhir Kyon? (1985), Ghar Ka Chirag, Jai Shiv Shankar, Swarg (1990) and Sautela Bhai(1996).
1982″Yeh Zameen Gaa Rahi Hai” Teri Kasam, Rahul Dev Burman,Anand Bakshi | 1988 “Ek Do Teen” Tezaab Laxmikant-Pyarelal Anand Bakshi | 1989 “Tirchhi Topiwale” Tridev Kalyanji Anandji Anand Bakshi | 1990 “Kaisa Lagta Hai” Baaghi Anand-Milind Sameer
His famous Song you never forget “Badey acchey Lagtey Hain…Ye dharti ye nadiya ye raina aur tum”
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