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KK has a special place in the hearts of millions of his fans from all over the world. With his soothing voice, vast vocal range and versatile singing, he has charmed everyone. KK’s full name is Krishnakumar Kunnath. He was born on 23 August 1968 in Delhi. He has recorded more than 500 songs in Hindi and more than 200 songs in various regional languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, and Gujarati languages. KK was a student of Mount St. Mary School, New Delhi. You will be amazed to know that he had not received any formal training in music. When he was in school he would listen to his mother’s Malayali songs recorded by his father on a small tape recorder. He used to hum his favorite song  “Mehbooba” from Sholay many times. He took singing seriously after his first public performance in school in 2nd standard. He began his career by singing for advertisement jingles, and in just 4 years he sang nearly about 3500 jingles in 11 differe...

 Jaidev Verma was one of the most outstanding music composers of Indian film industry. He was born in Nairobi, (Kenya) on August 3rd 1918. His family shifted to Ludhiana in 1927 where his musical journey began. In 1933 he went to Mumbai to pick up acting. He acted in 8 films as a child artist initially but then he realised he was not made for acting. Jaidev assisted legendary sarod player Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and later music composer S. D Burman for movies made under Navketan banner. His first film as an independent music director was Chetan Anand’s Joru Ka Bhai (1955). He got noticed for his work with Hum Dono that came in 1961. He was the first music director of his time to receive 3 National Awards ( Reshma aur Shera, Gaman, Ankahee) . He also gave music to Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s legendary poem Madhushala which is sung by singer Manna Dey. I have listed some of his melodies. Hope you like them.  Allah tero naam Tu Chanda Main Chandni Abhi na jao Raat bhi hai kutch bheegi ...

 C. Ramchandra was a multitalented Indian artist. He was a music director, playback singer, producer and actor too. He has composed songs for Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu movies. His full name was Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar though he used 5 to 6 names in his career. Chitalkar was born on 12 January 1918 in Ahmednagar, Maharastra, India. He received his training in music at “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya” under Vinayakbua Patwardhan. He also got trained under Shankarrao Sapre. His first debut movie as an actor was, Naganand. He made debut as a music director in Tamil movies, Jayakkodi and Vana Mohini. With Bhagwan Dada’s Sukhi Jeevan (1942), he gained popularity. He had a good friendship with Bhagwan Dada. Together they gave the musical hit Albela (1951). Though he composed songs in various ragas, his favorite raga was “Bageshri”. His songs , Shola jo bhadke (Albela), "ye zindagi usi ki hai"(Anarkali) and "Ina Mina Dika" (Asha) were outstanding. He also composed , “Ay...