Krishna Kumar Kunnath

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Name = KK


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Background = solo_singer
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Genre = Playback singing
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1996–present
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Krishna Kumar (also known as K.K.) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films. His name is often confused with the similar screen name of a Bollywood actor, Kay Kay Menon.

Biography

Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Krishna Kumar was brought up in New Delhi. A product of Mount St. Mary's School, Delhi Cantt. and a graduate of Delhi University, he waited at tables for six months before he got his break, singing in a jingle for a commercial. He appeared in "Josh of India" song for the support of Indian Cricket Team during Cricket World Cup 1999. Following this, he released an album called "Pal" the title song of which struck a chord with listeners. Songs titled "Aap ki Dua" and "Yaaron" from the same album were also popular.

His first song for a Bollywood film was "Chhod Aaye Hum" (Maachis). But it was the song "Tadap Tadap", from the movie "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", that brought him into limelight.

Back in Bollywood, he notched up winners with songs such as "Tu Aashiqui Hai" from "Jhankaar Beats" (for which he received a National Award), "Chand Ki Roshni Se" from "Home Delivery", "Awarapan Banjarapan" from "Jism", "It's The Time To Disco" from "Kal Ho Naa Ho" and the smash hit "Dus Bahaane" (with Shaan) from the film "Dus". His recent hit songs include "Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai" from the movie Gangster, "Soniye Soniye" from "Aksar", "Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar Hai" from "Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar Hai", "Alvida Alvida" from "Life in a Metro", "Ajab Si" from "Om Shanti Om" and "Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai" from "Woh Lamhe". His latest smash hit is from the film "Bachna Ae Haseeno" released in August 2008.

On January 24 2008, KK's second album Humsafar was released.

He has also sung in South Indian languages - Tamil and Telugu. His Tamil songs popular in Chennai are "My Name is Billa" from Movie "Billa". "Uyirin Uyiray" from "Kaakha Kaakha", "Kadalikkum Asai Undu" from Movie 'Chellame'.

Discography

Performances

* In November 2005, he performed at Professional Nite,Antaragni 2005 in IIT, Kanpur.
* In September 2007, he performed in Festember 2007, at NIT, Tiruchirapalli
* In February 2008, he performed at Incident 2008 in NIT, Suratkal.
* In March 2008, he performed at JIVE 2008 in JIITU Noida.
* In April 2008,he performed at Mesmerizer 2008 in Netaji Subhash Engineering College,Kolkata
* In October 2008,he will be performing at OASIS 2008 at BIRLA INST. OF TECH. & SCIENCE,PILANI

External links

* [http://www.themesmerizer.com K.K. Fan Site - www.themesmerizer.com]
* [http://www.hindilyrix.com/singers/singer-k-k.html Singer K.K. - www.hindilyrix.com]
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