The legendary singer, who sang about 2,900 songs through his career, inspires Bollywood artistes even today, so many years after his death

Born on August 4, 1929, Kishore Kumar became one of India’s most loved and respected singers, apart from being one of the most entertaining actors of his time. He is said to have done playback for around 2,648 Hindi movie songs, and his numbers are some of the most played on the radio even today. But did you know that during the Emergency (1975 to 1977), Kishore’s songs were banned (by Sanjay Gandhi) from being played on All India Radio because he had refused to sing at the Congress rally? To learn more such interesting facts and to test your knowledge about the singer, take our quiz….Click here to read more