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KK Dies At 53: Facts About The Renowned Playback Singer-Songwriter
On Tuesday, renowned playback singer and songwriter Krishnakumar Kunnath, also known as KK, died in Kolkata. He was 53 years old and is known to have died of cardiac arrest after a college concert at Nazrul Mancha in south Kolkata.
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The "Yaaron" singer gave a nearly hour-long performance at the concert. According to reports, after arriving at his hotel, he felt ill, following which he was immediately taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead. His body will be sent for a post-mortem on Wednesday.
Early Life
Krishnakumar Kunnath was born on 23 August 1968. He was raised in New Delhi by Malayali parents, C. S. Menon and Kunnath Kanakavalli. KK attended Mount St Mary's School in Delhi and graduated from Kirori Mal College at Delhi University.
During the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he sang the song "Josh of India" in support of the Indian cricket team. In 1991, KK married his childhood sweetheart, Jyothy and had a son named Nakul Krishna Kunnath and a daughter named Tamara Kunnath.
The playback singer had recorded songs in many languages that include Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Odia and Assamese.
Facts About KK
1.
KK
used
to
work
in
the
hotel
industry
before
moving
to
Mumbai
in
the
year
1994
to
pursue
his
dream
of
music.
2.
He
was
once
spotted
by
another
veteran
singer
Hariharan
while
singing
in
Delhi,
upon
which
Hariharan
encouraged
KK
to
relocate
to
Mumbai.
3.
In
a
famous
1996
movie
Maachis,
KK
sang
a
small
portion
of
the
song
'Chhod
Aaye
Hum'.
4.
During
his
struggling
days,
KK
used
to
sing
commercial
jingles.
He
sang
around
3500
jingles
across
11
languages.
5.
KK
gained
fame
after
singing
'Tadap
Tadap
Ke' for
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
'Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam,'
a
film
starring
Salman
Khan,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bacchan,
and
Ajay
Devgn.
6.
His
debut
album
'Pal'
was
released
in
1996
by
Sony
Music.
The
two
songs
"Pal"
and
"Yaaron"
from
the
album
gained
much
popularity,
for
which
he
also
received
a
Screen
award
as
the
best
singer.
7.
After
an
eight-year
gap,
KK
released
his
second
album,
Humsafar,
on
22
January,
2008.
8.
Some
of
the
popular
songs
by
KK
are
'Kya
Mujhe
Pyaar
Hai'
from
the
movie
Woh
Lamhe,
'Tadap
Tadap'
from
the
movie
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam
and
'Mat
Aazma
Re'
from
the
movie
Murder
3.
9.
Kishore
Kumar
had
a
big
influence
on
KK.
10.
KK
was
not
a
classically
trained
musician.
He
went
to
a
music
school
for
a
few
days
but
realised
that
he
was
able
to
learn
a
song
just
by
hearing
it.
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