Naseeruddin Shah is, no doubt, one of the very few actors in Indian cinema who has contributed to the art of acting in as many ways as the least number of actors from all across the globe have accomplished to date. He has left his mark almost everywhere, whether in parallel cinema, commercially acclaimed films, the television screen, the open theatre stage, or even as a voice artiste.
Silverscreen titles ranging from 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro' to 'A Wednesday!', award-winning television serials like 'Mirza Ghalib', or the latest OTT web series like 'IC814: The Kandahar Hijack', every single form of the art of acting has received his finesse as an actor.
On the other hand, Kishore Kumar is just that indelible name in the world of singing, which supersedes almost every lofty name that could make the most apathetic of souls swing to the magic of music and thus get drowned in the deluge of his songful creation. From philosophy to melancholy, from pure delight to playful pranks, from lovesickness to the pain in love, all the flowers of human emotions have effloresced to the full through his profound open-voiced singing.
If legendary music composers like S.D. Burman, Shankar-Jaikishan, Kalyanji-Anandji, R.D. Burman, and others of the golden era had extracted the very best out of his full-throated easeful vocalization, the moderate array of the music makers of the 80s and 90s like Annu Malik and Bappi Lahiri were also fortunate to taste the fruit of his second-to-none shades of crooning in the twilight hour of his life.
From master craftsmen like Dev Anand to heartthrobs of Rishi Kapoor's class, every prominent Bollywood actor of the Golder era received the unparalleled aura of his voice modulation.
But now, if I ask you to imagine the context of Kishore Kumar ever singing for Nasiruddin Shah, how many of you would believe it? You may be dumbfounded to even hear about this. Yet, however baffled you may be, even though rare, such events, in fact, took place in Indian film history. There were only five such occasions when both these seemingly asymmetric gems of Bollywood crossed paths.
Let us now explore those five occasions when Kishore Kumar lent his voice to Naseeruddin Shah's lips.
1. Maine Tumse Kuchh Nahin Manga, Film: Katha (1983), Music: Raj Kamal, Lyrics: Indu Jain
2. Ho Re Re Re (She Ek Rajar Ghore), Film: Protidan (Bangla, 1983), Music: Bappi Lahiri, Lyrics: Gauriprasanna Mazumdar
3. Woh Ek Dost Jo, Film: Surkhiyaan: The Headlines (1985), Music: Vanraj Bhatia, Lyrics: Indeevar
4. Main Thak Gaya Hoon, Film: Musafir (1986), Music: R.D. Burman, Lyrics: Gulzar
5. Maal Hai To Taal Hai, Film: Maalamaal (1988), Music: Anu Malik, Lyrics: Indeevar
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