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A square in the Mumbai dedicated to music legend Hemant Kumar on his 102nd birthday

A square in Khar was named after the music legend Hemant Kumar on the occasion of his 102nd birthday. The square is located near a street where the National Award-winning singer-music director’s family resides.

TN City Desk

Updated Jun 16, 2022, 19:28 IST

Mumbai square dedicated to music legend Hemant Kumar on his 102nd birthday

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Mumbai: A square in Khar dedicated to and named after the music legend Hemanta Mukherjee aka Hemant Kumar, was inaugurated on Thursday on the occasion of his 102nd birthday. The square is located near a street where the National Award-winning singer-music director’s family resides.

"Hemant Kumar lived in Khar for many years. The square on Dhurandhar Marg and Ahimsa Marg has henceforth been renamed as 'Hemant Kumar Chowk' in memory of the great music legend," said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ashish Shelar at the event.

The son and granddaughter of Hemant Kumar, Jayant Mukherjee and Megha Mukherjee respectively, actor Deb Mukherjee, actress Moushumi Chatterjee, singer Nitin Mukesh, and director Madhur Bhandarkar were some of the prominent personalities present at the inauguration.

Born in 1920 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Hemant Kumar was a versatile singer and music director who made music in multiple languages. He had a specialisation in Hindi music and Rabindra Sangeet styles and began his musical career in 1940 by singing a Bengali song composed by the veteran music director S.D. Burman.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi laureate died at the age of 69 after suffering a massive cardiac arrest on September 26, 1989, in Mumbai.

Over the years, he sang hundreds of songs and also composed music for over 200 Bengali and Hindi films. Some of his iconic works in Bollywood include the ever-haunting and crawly tunes in "Bees Saal Baad" (1962) and "Kohraa" (1964). He composed the music and also sang some of the evergreen songs for both films.

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