Searching on Google in India today brings up a colorful doodle in honor of
Kishore Kumar’s 85th birthday. This Indian entertainer’s story is the stuff legends are made of. He is not only India’s most successful playback singer, with countless movies and awards to his name, but he also worked in nearly every other role in the film industry. Starting out as a chorus singer, he was also an actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter (phew!). Several of these facets are shown in the four corners of the doodle, which is inspired by the handpainted signs India is famous for.
Kishore Kumar’s trademark style was the
yodel. He was also known to enjoy playing pranks. In one incident, he supposedly drove off a film set to another city, because the director forgot to say “cut”. Another story recounts how he once started acting as if his son were accompanying him everywhere, and would speak to the kid and reply to himself in different voices. Get a taste of this fun loving yodeler from 0:55 in this clip:
Posted by Varun Sud, Product Marketing Manager, Google India
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