Amit Kumar doing rehearsal for his 50 Golden years in singing
Amit Kumar has started his music career in 1965 with his father Kishore Kumar. Like his father, Amit loved singing and during his childhood, he used to sing during Durga Pooja functions in Kolkata. Once, when he was performing on stage in a Durga Pooja function, arranged by Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept requesting for more songs and this information reached his mother. She complained to Kishore Kumar that his son was singing “filmy” songs. Hearing that, Kishore Kumar decided to bring him to Bombay. he did offer him break as a child singer. The films were Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein and Door Ka Raahi . It may be recalled that the song “Aa chalke tujhe, mein leke chaloon” was filmed with Kishore Kumar singing to his eleven-year-old son Amit Kumar. After the death of R. D. Burman in 1994, with whom Amit had a special bonding, he withdrew himself from film industry. But, continued to sing in his Orchestra and has been performing till date.Later, Amit Kumar rendered many not...