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Kishore Kumar is one of the most iconic entertainers in history. Aside from being one of the most celebrated singers in our country, he is known for his impeccable comic style & top-notch acting.
In the initial years, when he started acting, he wasn't interested in the art and agreed to do so only because his brother actor Ashok Kumar wanted him. So, in 1946, Kishore Da debuted in the movie 'Shikari' in which Ashok Kumar played the lead role.
In the following decade, Kishore Kumar acted in over 20 movies, most of which didn't work. Due to being uninterested in acting, he didn't go well with his filmmakers, which most of the time led him to quit the project.
Post-1950, he starred in a few commercially successful movies including 'Ladki and Naukari, among others. He established himself as an actor with some solid romantic comedies, and the audience loved seeing him on the silver screen with other acting legends like Nutan, Meena Kumari, and of course, his partner at the time, Madhubala.
In one of his earlier works 'New Delhi', Kumar established himself as a leading man with his charm and excellent comic timing.
After a few more dramatic roles in movies like 'Naukri' & 'Musafir', there came the period of comedies with Madhubala in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Jhumroo (1961), and Half Ticket (1962) featuring top-notch performances from the lead pair.
Then came the movie for which Kishore Da is most remembered 'Padosan', in which he didn't just act but sang, danced, and mimicked. Even it is said, that he choreographed the 'Bindoo' song from the movie as at the time of the shoot, the choreographer was absent.
His work in Padosan overshadowed all his co-stars with rumors of them being worried about Kishore Da stealing their limelight. To avoid this, some of his scenes were edited out of the movie but irrespective of all that, the movie is still remembered for his performance.
After that, his acting career saw a decline with few box office failures, and his last acting performance was in the 1982 release 'Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi'.