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New Delhi. Kishore Kumar was one such multidimensional artist of Hindi cinema whose voice, acting and music brought the Indian film industry to new heights. Kishore Kumar, who gave his voice to songs like ‘Mere Sapne Ki Rani’, ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’, ‘Chingari Koi Bhadke’ to ‘A Girl Bhegi Bhagi Se’, was awarded the Filmfare Award 8 times, which received a record in that period, but never received the National Film Award. In an interview recently, Kishore Kumar’s son and singer Amit Kumar revealed that the late singers once came close to the National Award, but retreated due to demand for bribe.
In the 60s, when Kishore Kumar’s films began to flop as an actor, he turned to the direction with ‘Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’, in which Amit Kumar was also with him. The film was released in 1964 and was a tremendous hit at the box office. At that time, it was reported that the film was being considered for the National Award.
Phone from Delhi for National Award, bribe was sought
In an interview with Vicky Lalwani, Amit confirmed this. When asked whether the bribe was proposed as the report was reported, Amit replied, ‘Yes, this happened. He received a call from someone from the ministry from Delhi. At that time, ‘reality’, ‘Dosti’ and ‘distant Gagan Ki Chhaan Mein’ were being considered for the National Award. He told my father, ‘If you do something, give something, then we can nominate you.’ My father said, ‘Why are you following me? My film is a hit.
South remake made of ‘Far Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’
‘Far Do Gagan Ki Chhaan Mein’, the American film ‘The Proud Rebel’ was a remake, which was a hit. Later it was remade ‘Ramu’ in Tamil, ‘Ramu’ in Telugu and ‘Babumone’ in Malayalam. Referring to an irony, Amit recalled, ‘The film lasted for 23 weeks in Super Cinema. In Delhi-UP, the film was Silver Jubilee. Then he sold rights to the Tamil filmmaker. The name of the remake was ‘Ramu’. He received the National Award.
Kishore directed 12 films
However, Kishore Kumar is mainly known as a singer. Kishore directed 12 films, out of which 8 were released and 4 remained incomplete. His last directed film was a spiritual sequel to Mamta Ki Chhaon Mein, ‘Dor Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’. Amit Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Leena Chandavarkar acted in it. The film was released in 1990, three years after the death of Kishore Kumar.
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