Well-liked Indian Singer & Actor Was 53 – Deadline

KK, a preferred Indian playback singer and songwriter with greater than 300 movie and TV credit, died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in Kolkata, shortly after performing a live performance. He was 53.

West Bengal Sports activities and Youth Affairs Minister Aroop Biswas stated organizers of the Gurudas Faculty Fest informed authorities that KK (actual title: Krishnakumar Kunnath) complained of feeling extraordinarily chilly and wished to return to his resort. He later was taken to Calcutta Medical Analysis Institute, the place he was pronounced lifeless on arrival.

Amongst his many regional awards, KK was named Greatest Male Playback Singer at India’s 2009 Display Awards for the tune “Khuda Jaane,” from the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno, and shared Album of the Decade prize from the Mirchi Music Awards for the Aashiqui 2 soundtrack. He additionally was a five-time nominee on the Awards of the Worldwide Indian Movie Academy and four-time nominee on the Filmfare Awards.

Playback singers are these whose vocals are pre-recorded to be used in movies and TV and don’t seem onscreen.

KK launched a pair of studio albums — 1999’s Pal and 2008’s Humsafar — and appeared on quite a few compilation discs. He additionally appeared as a decide or mentor on the singing competitors sequence Indian Idol Junior and Fame Gurukul and carried out in a 2014 episode of MTV Unplugged India.

August 23, 1968, in Delhi, KK started his profession doing industrial jingles earlier than his big-screen debut within the mid-Nineties.

He survived by his spouse, a son and a daughter.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences at this time:

Saddened by the premature demise of famous singer Krishnakumar Kunnath popularly generally known as KK. His songs mirrored a variety of feelings as struck a chord with folks of all age teams. We’ll all the time bear in mind him by his songs. Condolences to his household and followers. Om Shanti.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 31, 2022