Celeb-singer Amit Kumar releases 'opinionated' solo-melody video-track 'BAKWAS' on 'KBM' (lyrics by Leena-jee)---on today's songs and movies! by Chaitanya Padukone

After 26 years, says 'outspoken' super-talented top celeb playback and concerts singer composer Amit Kumar Ganguly that he has finally released his latest solo vocal audio-video-track 'BAKWAS' on his family music label "KBM"  ( Kumar Brothers Music). The dhamaal-masti vibes foot-tapping track, which has candid and frank yet intelligent, honest lyrics written by 'late' Kishore Kumar's wife and former Bollywood star-actress Leena Chandavarkar-Ganguly, is more of an opinionated set of words and verses on the current filmy songs and movies. Which has bluntly compared current movies and songs with the haunting, timeless lyrical melodies by legendary lyricists-composers-singers and classic landmark movies of the golden era.Jo Khaas Baat Puraane Gaanon Mein Thi, Woh Aaj Ke Gaano Mein Kahaan.???-- Jo First Class Baat Puraane Filmon Mein Thhi  Woh Aaj-Kal Ke Filmon Mein Kahaan ???

The thought-provoking 'BAKWAS' trending song composed by veteran playback singer Amit Kumar himself. With proactive support from his music-savvy brother, Sumeet Kumar has the vibes of  ( Latin American) Caribbean-Cuban-rhythm beats and trumpet notes all played and recorded live on acoustic musical instruments by eminent veteran musicians, including trumpet-maestro Kishore Sodha and rhythm-badshah  Anupam Ghatak.

The song 'BAKWAS' which was released on the night before multi-talented great Kishore Kumar's 96th birth anniversary (August 4th, 2025) -----also has the crazy quirky vocal vibes, yodels.  comic antics, nonsensical yet musical 'scat' vocal sounds often used by the legendary singer in dozens of his chartbuster songs, especially those composed by yet another innovative genius composer-singer R D Burman (Pancham-Da)

As an eminent senior film journalist, I consider myself blessed. That’s because I have personally met the iconic versatile genius Kishore Kumar--Ganguly at song-recordings ( of R D Burman),  at  live music-concerts, and even at his Juhu bungalow Gouri Kunj, in the presence of his popular former star-
actress and now excellent lyricist Leena Chandavarkar -Ganguly.  It was always a pleasure chatting with singer-actor-producer-director-composer-lyricist-performer Kishore-da, who was very frank in his comments, but sometimes he used to be quite quirky and crazy.  When I had met him, witty humorist Kishore-da had told me that many times, he would get ‘sound peaceful sleep’ at night whenever saw scary horrifying movies. Not surprisingly, he had dozens of horror-movies video-cassettes in his well-stocked home-library. Also, Kishore-da had mentioned to me that he was a crazy ardent fan of Hollywood legendary star-actor Marlon Brando’s screen-performances (‘Godfather’ movie)’ and it was his dream-wish to meet him. As is already known, Kishore-da also told me that he was a great admirer of superstar singer K L Saigal, but that he preferred to develop his own different, distinct style as playback-singer. Without any formal training in classical music, versatile genius Kishore-da sang such beautiful soulful timeless melodies like “Humey Tumse Pyar Kithna and ‘Chingari Koi Bhadke.' At the same time, he could sing lively western music, evergreen songs like ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ and ‘Naach Meri Jaan Fataafat’, and ‘Ek Haseena Thhi’. 

When I asked Kishore-da about his 'money-minded' off-screen image, that money and timely payments were a top-priority for him, he smiled and clarified. “ In our film-industry, several film-makers do not settle dues-payments on time and sometimes they even become inaccessible, after the songs are recorded. Hence it’s necessary for me to maintain the payment-on-time-discipline. At the same time, I have performed for so many genuine fund-raising charity concerts without charging them. For close friends like Kaka-ji (Rajesh Khanna), I sang his movie songs ;Alag-Alag (1985) free-of-charge. That’s because I felt I owed my phenomenal success as a playback-singer,  to Kaska-ji's super-stardom in Aradhana when he sang on-screen my solo chartbuster song ‘Mere Sapnon Ki Rani’, “ clarified Kishore-da who I observed was a very loving caring husband to wife Leena-jee and caring father to Amit and Sumeet at home. As a family-friend, I have personally known Leena-jee, Amit Kumar-da and Sumeet Kumar for past over three decades.

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