Kishore Kumar: Method in Madness by Derek BoseMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
There will be very few who will not like the songs of Kishore Kumar. Most know many of the every green songs with a dash of playfulness which were his trademark. No one in the industry has come up to him in the yodeling space. Only he can yodel as well as he does.
The book is a biography of his. How he left Mandwa (made famous by his elder brother Ashok Kumar or Dada moni as he was fondly called in the famous son 'Rail Gadi, Rail Gadi ...' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcLrP...) and came to Mumbai and how he was ridiculed in the initial days. How he acted as a comedian in the initial days along with his singing and how finally became an established singer.
The book also covers his relationship with the four ladies whom he married. All of them have only good things to say about him. Despite the calumny in the gossip magazines he seems to have been fair to all of them. Only Ruma Devi may have something to complain which was lack of attention from him as he was busy making a career for himself during that phase in his life.
A good read to get some better understand of the enigma of Kishore Kumar.
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