Bhubaneswar: It was year 1974-75. Kishore Kumar, who became famous by then by lending his golden voice to Rajesh Khanna songs, received an offer to work with Naushad Sahab – the famed musician – in the film Sunhera Sansar.
The 1975 film stars Rajendra Kumar in the lead role. When Rajendra Kumar came to know about this, he asked dropping of Kishore Kumar and giving the song to Mohammad Rafi. Incidentally, Rafi Sahab has been the voice of Rajendra Kumar hits.
As Rajendra Kumar then, known as Jubilee Kumar, has been a bigger star than Kishore Kumar, the makers dropped Kishore Kumar from the playgroud singer list.
This dropping has not gone down well with Kishore Kumar. The budding singer thought that he had got a golden chance to work with Naushad but it has been snatched away from him due to Rajendra Kumar’s insistence. The rancor lingered on from then as Kishore never had any oppotunity later to work with music composer Naushad.
ANGRY KISHORE WALKED OUT OF STUDIO HEARING….
It was year 1980. Kishore Kumar was to sing a title song for a film which was to come in the film as background song.
When he reached the studio to record the song he learnt that Rajendra Kumar was the producer, he refused to record the song and went straight away. As a consequence, the song was scrapped.
Rajendra Kumar heard this. But instead of lingering this rancor, Jubilee Kumar went to Amit Kumar – Kishore Kumar’s son. He signed him for singing all the songs for his film project title Love Story.
Amit sang all the songs in the film.
And Amit Kumar went on to win "Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer 1981" Award for the song "Yaad Aa Rahi Hai". Even, son of Kishore Kumar later became the voice of Rajendra Kumar's son Kumar Gaurav.
In an recent interview, Amit Kumar when asked. "you cherish singing for which actor?" The singer son of Kishore da replied - " Kumar Gaurav."
LOVE STORY CELEBRATES 44 YEARS
Released on this day, Feb 27, 1981, the film celebrates 44 years. Directed by Rahul Rawail, the romance saga stars Rajendra Kumar alongside his son Kumar Gaurav and Vijeta Pandit, both making their film debuts. Vidya Sinha, Danny Denzongpa, Amjad Khan and Aruna Irani appear in supporting roles.
