Legacy of Hemant Kumar

Kavita Krishnamurthy is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards, and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.

Kalyanji–Anandji were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Kalyanji Virji Shah and his brother Anandji Virji Shah. In a career spanning over forty years, they composed music for about 250 films, working with many well-known filmmakers and singers.

Abhijeet Bhattacharya, professionally known as Abhijeet, is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in the Hindi film industry. Besides Hindi, he has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Odia languages. Over the course of his career, he has recorded more than 6000 songs for over 1000 films. Some of his notable tracks were featured in the BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time".