2] For almost 24 years now, KK is married to his childhood sweetheart, Jyothy Krishna. But before he could take holy vows with his ladylove, he had to find himself a job. KK took up the job of a salesman just for the heck of it. Now a married man, KK was frustrated after 6 months of his job. It was due to the support of his wife and his father, he gained courage to quit it and pursue what he was made for-music. He bought himself a keyboard and started making jingles with friends Shibani Kashyap and Saibal Basu. The trio made some money too but KK was not satisfied. And for the solace he was longing for, he finally got out of the comfortable confines of Delhi and left for Mumbai.
3] Apart from Bollywood songs[Likely 500_Songs], KK has lent his voice to almost 3000 jingles. In fact, it was with jingles he started off his career. In 1985, KK’s first jingle with Loy Mendonsa came up. As soon as the jingle went on-air, people started taking notice. Upon hearing his voice on television, KK was ecstatic. The story of his first paycheck that he received for voicing his first jingle is even more riveting. Music director Ranjit Barot asked KK about his rate but completely unaware of the industry, the singer was reticent. Ranjit then flashed him his five fingers which made KK assume that he was going to be paid Rs. 500 for his work. However, when he received the check, he was stunned to see that the amount was actually Rs. 5000.
4] Although, KK’s big Bollywood break was in the form of ‘Tadap tadap’ from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, his first Bollywood song was ‘Chhod aaye hum’ wherein he got to sing the first two lines. KK had also recorded songs for Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum and Vishal Bharadwaj’s Hum Panchhi Hain Daal Ke but neither saw the light of the day. That’s when the determined KK got to sing ‘Tadap tadap’ that completely changed the game for him and there was no looking back. Be it Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai’s title track or ‘Banda ye bindaas hai’ from Aks, KK’s every song was a chartbuster. The Delhi guy was now living his dreams.
5] He might have crooned a hundred chartbusters in his soulful voice but KK has not been very lucky with awards. In his long career of almost two decades, KK has won only one award, which was a Screen Award he received in 2008 for ‘Khuda jaane’ from Bachna Ae Haseeno. While a diehard KK fan would blame the jury for this, KK blames himself for not getting awards. He says that he has never really had a desire of winning awards and that if one doesn’t desire something, they don’t get it.
Personally A Big Fan OF KK Sir, I Love His "Ajab Si" Much More Than Any Other Song!!
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