![]() ![]() Kishore fared even better, after the success of 'Aradhana' he became the most sought after singer in Bollywood until he passed away and had few if any peers to his craft. Rajesh Khanna became the biggest movie star of the day and no one, not Raj Kapoor before him or Amitabh Bachchan after, could match the way he just owned the silver screen for the next five years. 'Aradhana' became a blockbuster hit and that one movie changed the entire landscape of Bollywood for years to come. broke tradition and recorded the remainder of the songs with Kishore in studio convinced that he would be able to hit the nuances of the songs better than Rafi. was relatively new to Bollywood, he had always been enamored with Kishore's voice. Burman was responsible for finishing the soundtrack and although R.D. Burman had already started recording the songs for 'Aradhana' and used Mohammed Rafi's voice for the first two when he became very ill and was hospitalized. ![]() I did a tribute to Kishore Kumar over on my blog and just wanted to repost this tidbit in honor of this classic soundtrack~ฤก969 would prove a watershed year in Kishore's life both personally (his beloved wife Madhubala passed away that year) and professionally (with 'Aradhana').
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