#How the fuck was Kishore Kumar so legendary

[shut-up-rabert]

You wanna know what talent is? take a look at this:

Kishore Kumar isn’t only acting here, but dueting all by himself. He’s singing the female verses (although keeping the masculine touch) and Pran’s verses while imitating his speaking style. I repeat, Kishore Kumar was replicating Pran, and you can hear how well he did it yourself. Oh, did I mention that song was recorded a single time so he’s actually just switching between a female voice and Pran’s voice for real?

This isn’t the only time he did this either, In the famous track “hum the wo thi” from chalti ka naam gaadi (1958) he can be heard flickering between his own voice and that of Anoop Kumar for “Mannu tera hua” verses. (Credit where it’s due, in the title track for the very same film Manna Dey pulled a similar feat as he sang for both Ashok Kumar and Anoop Kumar. Similarly, I’ve read that in a track from Half ticket, Lata Mangeshkar hit the highest note, C#6, on her own.)

I’m frustrated as to why don’t we have any singers like that anymore. Honestly, How many singers in the present scenario do you know who can do any of all that? Say what you will, but Bollywood singer diaspora reached its peak in 50s-70s and never neared those heights ever again, which is a true shame.

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