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Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Bappi Lahiri, Kourosh Yaghmaei and Manna Dey. Those roots explain a lot about how Amit Kumar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle and Mukesh, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anu Malik, Monali Thakur and Kavita Krishnamurthy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Amit Kumar, reaching back through Anu Malik and forward to Anu Malik. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Amit Kumar is an Indian playback singer, music composer and actor. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He has predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, including 150 Hindi and Bengali compositions by R. D. Burman and Bappi Lahiri. After Burman's death in 1994, citing a lack of quality music composition, Kumar withdrew from playback singing and concentrated on live orchestra shows. In addition to singing in Hindi, has also performed in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Assamese, Marathi and Konkani. He is the eldest son of singer-actor Kishore Kumar.

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Amit KumarAnu MalikJatin-LalitBappi LahiriKourosh YaghmaeiManna DeyKishore KumarShiv HariAlka YagnikAnu MalikMonali ThakurKavita KrishnamurthyKishore KumarLata MangeshkarMohammed RafiAsha BhosleMukeshManna DeyKumar SanuTalat Mahmood

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Amit Kumar connections

Amit Kumar grew out of Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Bappi Lahiri and Kourosh Yaghmaei, shares an orbit with Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle, went on to shape Anu Malik, Monali Thakur and Kavita Krishnamurthy. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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