Thursday, August 4, 2011

Kishore Kumar


City residents are all set to pay tribute to singer, actor, director, musician and producerKishore Kumar, on his 81st birth anniversary on Thursday.
Residents including members of Kishore memorial society, apart from paying tribute to Kishore Kumar, will pray for the first wife of Kishore Kumar, Ruma Guha Thakurta, known as Ruma Ghosh. She is at present admitted in a hospital in Mumbai and residents are praying for her early recovery.
An event to be organized on Thursday will pay tribute to Kishore Kumar and songs dedicated to the legendary singer would be sung on the occasion. The autobiography of Kishore Kumar will be read out to people and the society members will play a compact disc of Kishore Kumar's songs that are great hits.
Educationist Ravi Nandan Sharma said Kishore memorial society was established in 1997. The society has organized more than 25 events in memory of Kishore Kumar. The main objective of the society is promotion of culture and people should listen to old melodies in an era of item songs. He said their society has brought into limelight two talented singers, Arvind Gujral and Harpreet Deol, who have done the city proud in music reality shows. He said on Thursday, they would pay tribute to Kishore Kumar by remembering him and will also pray for early recovery of his first wife Rumba, who is admitted in a hospital in Mumbai.

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