HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Kishore Kumar to come alive on celluloid05th Aug 2008 09.00 IST By Agencies Life and times of legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar are being brought alive on celluloid. The film is to be directed by Shoojit Sarkar and produced by UTV. 
The film will be made on a big scale, sources said on Monday. It is being scripted by Rang De Basanti fame writer Renzil D'Selva. The late singer's wife Leena Chandavarkar and sons Amit Kumar and Sumit Kumar have given their consent for the project. The project will be officially announced after the casting and other formalities are completed. The announcement of the film has been made from the singer's family Monday to commemorate the 79th birth anniversary of Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar has sung in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali (his mother tongue), Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. Along with Mohammad Rafi and Mukesh, he was one of the three leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. Kishore Kumar holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won for Best Male Playback Singer. Kishore Kumar sang for all leading actors in 1970s and 80s, including Rajesh Khanna , Amitabh Bachchan , Dharmendra , Sanjeev Kumar, Dev Anand , and Rishi Kapoor . Kishore Kumar was on the top of his singing career when tragedy struck the music world in October 1987. He passed away due to massive heart attack. Related view Kishore Kumar videos (new) view Rang De Basanti videos (new) Amit Kumar Mohammad Rafi view Rajesh Khanna videos (new) view Amitabh Bachchan videos (new) view Dharmendra videos (new) view Dev Anand videos (new) view Rishi Kapoor videos (new) | ALSO READ scoop ~ Michael Jackson converts to Islam: report ~ A R Rahman inspires people to vote! ~ Hrithik Roshan to play lord Ram? ~ Sada enters Bollywood with 'Khallballi' ~ Konkona Sen does a lesbian act! ~ Ash and Bon Jovi unite for Live Earth ~ How Salman improvised a romantic scene with Katrina! ~ Katrina Kaif did 'Yuvvraaj' for emotional reasons ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Big B, Bon Jovi and Roger Waters team up for a cause ~ 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' to premiere at IFFI ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Yuvvraaj , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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