A smiling image of India’s yodelling star Kishore Kumar welcomed users to the homepage of Google India as a homage to the legend on his 85th birth anniversary on Monday.
The doodle pays tribute to the versatility of the multi-faceted talent, who was a successful singer, writer, producer and actor.
His son Amit Kumar, who is also a singer, is happy with Google doodle’s gesture.
“Fabulous...What a great gesture from Google, surely this proves that ‘He is a man for all seasons’,” Kishore Kumar’s son Amit told IANS via sms.
A man arranges the posters of legendary singer Kishore Kumar on the eve of his 85th birth anniversary in Kolkata.Photo: PTI
Kishore Kumar, fondly known as Kishore-da gave the Indian film industry songs like “ Chalte chalte mere ye geet yaad rakhna”, “kabhi alvida na kehna ”, “ O hansini ”, “ Aa chal ke tujhe ”, “ Pal pal dil ke paas ”, “ Hawa ke saath saath ”, “ Chukar mere mann ka ” and “ Jahaan teri ye nazar hai ”.
As an actor, he was seen in films like “ Padosan ”, “Half Ticket” and “ Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi ”.
He died Oct 13, 1987 in Mumbai and was cremated in Khandwa, his birthplace.
