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Name	Sir Stirling Moss
Nationality	British
Birth date	September 17, 1929
Years	1951 – 1961
Team(s)	Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Vanwall, Rob Walker Cooper, Lotus & HWM
Races	67 (66 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	16
Podiums	24
Points	185.64 (186.64)
Poles	16
Fastest laps	19
First race	1951 Swiss Grand Prix
First win	1955 British Grand Prix
Last win	1961 German Grand Prix
Last race	1961 United States Grand Prix }}

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE FIE (Fellow of the Institute of Engineers) (born 17 September 1929 in London) is a former racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him among the world's elite—he is often called "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship".

Education

Moss was educated at two independent schools: at Clewer Manor Junior School, a preparatory school linked to the senior school Haileybury and Imperial Service College, and then to the senior school, both of which were for boys (but are now co-educational), and located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford in Hertfordshire.

Racing career

Moss, who raced from 1948 to 1962, won 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix. He would compete in as many as 62 races in a single year and drove 84 different makes of car over the course of his racing career, including Lotus, Vanwall, Maserati, Jaguar, Ferrari and Porsche. Like many drivers of the era, he competed in several formulae—very often on the same day.

He retired in 1962 after a crash left him in a coma for a month as afterwards he felt unable to continue driving at a professional level. In spite of this early retirement he has remained a well known figure.

Moss is the son of Alfred Moss, who was placed 16th at the 1924 Indianapolis 500 in a "Fronty" Ford and Aileen (née Craufurd). His younger sister, Pat Moss, also took part in rallying; her widower is rally driver Erik Carlsson. Moss was one of the first customers of the Cooper Car Company when he persuaded his father, Alfred Moss, to get him one of the new Cooper 500 cars. He quickly demonstrated his ability with numerous wins, at national and international level, and continued to compete in Formula Three, both in Coopers and Kieft cars long after graduating to the senior categories.

Moss was a pioneer in the British Formula One racing scene and placed second in the Drivers' Championship four times in a row from 1955 to 1958.

Moss was also a competent rally driver and is one of only three people to have won a ''Coupe d'Or'' (Gold Cup) for three consecutive penalty-free runs on the Alpine Rally (Coupe des Alpes). In addition, he finished second in the 1952 Monte Carlo Rally driving a Sunbeam-Talbot 90 with co-driver John Cooper. Cooper ran Moss in Formula One later in his career.

In 1954, he became the first foreign driver to win the 12 Hours of Sebring in a Cunningham, co-driving with American Bill Lloyd.

Moss's first Formula One win was in 1955 at his home race, the British Grand Prix at Aintree. His Mercedes-Benz W196 led home a 1–2–3–4 win for the German marque. This victory made Moss the first British driver to win the British Grand Prix. It was the first race where he finished in front of Juan Manuel Fangio, his teammate, friend, mentor, and arch rival at Mercedes. It is sometimes debated whether Fangio, one of the all-time great gentlemen of sport, yielded the lead at the last corner to let Moss win in front of his home crowd. Moss himself asked Fangio repeatedly, "Did you let me win?" and Fangio always replied, "No. You were just better than me that day."

One of his best remembered drives was in the 1955 Mille Miglia, which he won in the record time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds, finishing almost half an hour ahead of teammate Fangio in second place. Moss' navigator in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR #722 (indicating the time of the start) was journalist Denis Jenkinson. As navigator, Jenkinson supported Moss with pace notes in the form of a Roller Map, which listed all the details of the long road trip, then an innovative technique. This assistance helped Moss compete against drivers who had a lot of local knowledge of the route. Jenkinson later wrote extensively about the experience.

In 1957 Moss won on the longest circuit to ever hold a Grand Prix, the daunting Pescara Circuit, again demonstrating his skills at high speed, long distance driving. He beat Fangio, who started on pole, by a little over 3 minutes over the course of a gruelling 3 hour event.

Moss believed the manner in which the battle was fought was as important as the outcome. This sporting attitude cost him the 1958 Formula 1 World Championship. When rival Mike Hawthorn was threatened with a penalty in the Boavista Urban Circuit in Porto, Portugal, Moss defended Hawthorn's actions. Hawthorn was accused of reversing in the track after spinning and stalling his car on an uphill section of the track. Moss himself shouted the suggestion to Hawthorn that he steer downhill, against traffic, to bump-start the car, which Hawthorn did. Moss's quick thinking and then gracious defence of Hawthorn before the stewards saw Hawthorn's 6 points for his second-place finish (behind Moss) preserved. Hawthorn went on to beat Moss for the title by one point, even though he won only one race that year to Moss's four, making Hawthorn Britain's first World Champion.

Moss was as gifted at the wheel of a sports car as he was in a Grand Prix car. For three consecutive years (1958–1960) he won the gruelling race at Germany's Nürburgring, the first two years in an Aston Martin (where he won almost single-handedly) and the third in the memorable ''Tipo'' 61 "birdcage" Maserati, co-driving with young American prospect Dan Gurney. The pair lost nearly six minutes when an oil hose blew off, but in miserable conditions they regained the time and won going away.

In the 1960 Formula One season, Moss took the top step of the podium at Monaco, winning in Rob Walker's Coventry-Climax-powered Lotus 18. Moss had a huge accident at the Burnenville sweep during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and was severely injured in what was to be one of the darkest weekends in the history of Formula One. He missed 3 races and did not race for most of that year. He recovered sufficiently to return to competition late in the year and won the season-ending U.S. Grand Prix at Riverside, California.

For the 1961 F1 season, which was run under the new 1.5-litre rules, Enzo Ferrari rolled out his state-of-the-art "sharknose" Ferrari 156 with an all-new V6. Moss was stuck with an underpowered Climax-engined Lotus, but managed to win the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix by 3.6 seconds (beating the 156s of Richie Ginther, Wolfgang von Trips, and Phil Hill), and later also the partially wet 1961 German Grand Prix. Some observers have noted that, while taking nothing away from Moss' superlative performances in these races, there were other factors at play. At Monaco, the tight circuit negated the horsepower advantage of the powerful but heavy and ill-handling Ferraris; and at the Nürburgring, Moss and manager Ken Gregory made a risky but inspired decision to fit rain tyres on the Lotus after a pre-race shower had soaked the track. Had the skies cleared and the track dried, the decision would have been disastrous for Moss. When rain returned, Moss was able to drive away from Hill and Trips (while nursing rapidly deteriorating tyres) to take the win.

In 1962, Moss was badly injured in a crash at Goodwood in a Lotus in the Glover Trophy. The accident put him in a coma for one month and partially paralyzed the left side of his body for six months. He recovered but decided to retire from racing after a private test session in a Lotus 19 the next year. During this session, he lapped a few tenths slower than before, and did not feel he had the command of the car to which he was accustomed. Many racing and medical observers have speculated that Moss simply tried to return too soon — that another six months of recovery and training would have allowed him to regain most of the physical acuity that distinguished him. He made a brief comeback in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980 with Audi alongside Martin Brundle, and in recent years has continued to race in historic cars, racing his OSCA FS372 during the 2009 season.

During his career, Moss drove a private Jaguar, and raced for Maserati, Vanwall, Cooper, and Lotus, as well as Mercedes-Benz. He preferred to race British cars, stating, "Better to lose honourably in a British car than win in a foreign one". The British cars were often uncompetitive and this was considered the reason he never won the drivers' championship. At Vanwall, he was instrumental in breaking the German/Italian stranglehold on F1 racing (as was Jack Brabham at Cooper). Moss remained the most successful English driver in terms of wins until 1991 when Nigel Mansell overtook him, after competing in many more races.

On 9 June 2011 during the Le Mans Legends qualifying session Sir Stirling Moss announced his retirement from racing to listeners on Radio Le Mans.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Hersham and Walton Motors>HW Motors

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! Hersham and Walton Motors

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English Racing Automobiles>ERA Ltd

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Bristol Straight-6

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! Cooper Car Company

! Cooper Car Company

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Alfred Moss>Equipe Moss/AE Moss

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Mercedes-Benz in Formula One>Daimler Benz AG

! Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-Benz Straight-8

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! Maserati in motorsport

Maserati Straight-6

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Maserati in motorsport>Officine Alfieri Maserati

! Maserati in motorsport

Maserati Straight-6

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Vanwall>Vandervell Products Ltd

Vanwall Vanwall 57>57

! Vanwall Straight-4

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! Rob Walker Racing Team

! Cooper Car Company

Climax Straight-4

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Vanwall>Vandervell Products Ltd

Vanwall Vanwall 57>57

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! Rob Walker Racing Team

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[[Rob Walker Racing Team

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! [[Ferguson Research Ltd.

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Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

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! Entrant

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! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

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! 21

Rob Walker Racing Team

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! [[Ferguson Research Ltd.

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UDT Laystall Racing Team">Team Lotus

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! [[Cooper Car Company

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! [[Ferguson Research Ltd.

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1962

UDT Laystall Racing Team">Team Lotus

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1962

UDT Laystall Racing Team

! Team Lotus

Climax V8

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: ''† Indicates shared drive with Hans Herrmann and Karl Kling. : ''* Indicates shared drive with Cesare Perdisa. : ''‡ Indicates shared drive with Tony Brooks. : ''џ Indicates shared drive with Maurice Trintignant, no points scored.

; Note

1955; Champion: Juan Manuel Fangio (40 points, Gap: 17 points)

1956; Champion: Juan Manuel Fangio (30 points, Gap: 3 points)

1957; Champion: Juan Manuel Fangio (40 points, Gap: 15 points)

1958; Champion: Mike Hawthorn (42 points, Gap: 1 point)

1959; Champion: Jack Brabham (31 points, Gap: 5.5 points)

1960; Champion: Jack Brabham (43 points, Gap: 24 points)

1961; Champion: Phil Hill (34 points, Gap: 13 points)

After his racing career

In recent years, Moss has been an outspoken critic of Michael Schumacher, but in October 2006 Moss ranked Schumacher joint fourth (with Tazio Nuvolari) in the pantheon of all-time great drivers, behind Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna and Jim Clark.

On June 9th 2011, during the qualifying session for the Le Mans Legends race, for which he was entered as a driver, Stirling Moss announced his retirement from driving.

Honours

In 1990, Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

In the New Year Honours 2000 List, Moss was made a Knight Bachelor for services to Motor Racing. On 21 March 2000, he was knighted by Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen who was on an official visit to Australia. As Moss drove his Mercedes away from Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, he was stopped by a palace guard who joked: "Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?" Moss smiled and replied "Sir Stirling Moss, actually."

In June 2005, while appearing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Moss signed the bonnet of his 1955 Mille Miglia winning Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR which was to be its last year of public appearances it made over numerous years, before retiring to the newly built Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart.

He received the 2005 Segrave Trophy.

In 2006, Moss was awarded the FIA gold medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to motorsport.

In December 2008, McLaren-Mercedes unveiled their final model of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The model has been named in honour of Stirling Moss, hence, Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss, which has a top speed of with wind deflectors instead of a windscreen.

His 80th birthday, on 17 September 2009, fell on the eve of the Goodwood Revival, Lord March celebrated Stirling's birthday by having the 80/80 parade on each of the three days of the Revival, comprising 80 cars, one for each of his 80 years. Stirling drove different cars on each of three days, the Mercedes W196 ''Monoposto'', the Lotus 18 he had used to win the 1961 Monaco GP, and the Aston Martin DBR3.

On 7 March 2010 Moss broke both ankles, broke four bones in a foot, chipped four vertebrae and suffered skin damage in an accident at his home when he fell down a lift shaft. Moss has now recovered from his injuries and made an appearance at the 2010 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, presenting Lewis Hamilton with his 2nd place trophy on the podium and appearing in a pre-race interview with the BBC pundits.

Moss' biography

In 1963, noted motorsports author and commentator Ken Purdy published a biographical book entitled ''All But My Life'' about Stirling Moss (first published by William Kimber & Co., Ltd., London), based on material gathered through interviews with Moss.

Popular culture

For many years during and after his career, the rhetorical phrase "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?" was supposedly the standard question all British policemen asked speeding motorists. Moss relates he himself was once stopped for speeding and asked just that; he reports the traffic officer had some difficulty believing him. People in Britain continue to use 'Stirling Moss' as a nickname for family and friends who are known to be faster than usual behind the wheel.

As related in the book ''The Life and Times of Private Eye'', Moss was the subject of a less than respectful cartoon biography in the magazine ''Private Eye''. The cartoon, drawn by Willie Rushton, showed him continually crashing, having his driving licence revoked and finally "hosting television programmes on subjects he knows nothing about". It also made reference to the amnesia Moss suffered from as a result of head injuries sustained in the crash at Goodwood in 1962. According to the book, Moss responded by offering to buy the original of the cartoon, an outcome the book describes as "depressingly common" for its satirical cartoons about famous people.

In March 1958, Moss was a guest challenger on the TV panel show "What's My Line?" (episode with Anita Ekberg).

Moss was one of the celebrities who made cameo appearances in the 1967 version of the James Bond film ''Casino Royale''. He played Evelyn Tremble's (Peter Sellers) chauffeur.

Moss is the narrator in the popular children's series ''Roary the Racing Car'' which stars Peter Kay.

He is one of the few drivers of his era to create a brand from his name for licensing purposes, which was launched when his website was revamped in 2009 with improved content.

Moss is narrator in official 1988 Formula One season review along with Tony Jardine.

Quotes

"I certainly had an appreciation of the danger which to me was part of the pleasure of racing. To me now racing is – the dangers are taken away: if it's difficult, they put in a chicane. So really now the danger is minimal – which is good, because people aren't hurt. But for me the fact that I had danger on my shoulder made it much more exciting. It's rather like if you flirt with a girl, it's more exciting than paying for a prostitute, because while you know you're gonna get it, the other one you don't. And I think with driving a motor car, the danger is a very necessary ingredient. Like if you're cooking, you need salt. You can cook without salt, but it doesn't have the flavour. It's the same with motor racing without danger. For me."

''On older drivers'': "You don't know how many years they've driven causing accidents! I'm not quite as urgent as I was... I know that my knowledge of road signs, there's some that I might not know which I should know... The other thing I find as I get older I'm less inclined to check the oil and check the tyres and so on which is very important,"

Driving ban

In April 1960, Moss was found guilty of dangerous driving and given a £50 fine and a twelve month ban after an incident near Chetwynd, Shropshire, whilst Moss was test driving a Mini.

See also

Mille Miglia

International Motorsports Hall of Fame

Juan Manuel Fangio

References

External links

Sir Stirling Moss – Official Web Site

Grand Prix History – Hall of Fame, Stirling Moss

Alfred Moss – his father racing at Brooklands, Sir Stirling Moss is now the president of the Brooklands Society.

Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone 2009

Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone 2010

Stirling Moss profile at The 500 Owners Association

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name	Amit Kumar
background	solo_singer
birth name	"Amit Kumar Ganguly"
alias	Ameet Kumar
birth date	July 03, 1952
instrument	Vocalist, Percussion Instruments (Banjo)
genre	Bollywood and regional filmi playback, Rabindra Sangeet
occupation	Singer, Actor, Director, Producer, Musician
years active	1965 - Present
website	www.amit-kumar.in }}

Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions. Once he was performing on stage in Kolkata in a Durga Pooja function arranged by Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept on requesting for more songs and this information reached his mother. She called in Kishore Kumar and complained that his son was singing 'filmy' songs. Hearing this Kishore Kumar decided to bring him to Bombay.

Before this, Kishore Kumar had made Amit act as his own son in two of his critically acclaimed and rare serious films, produced by himself, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (the famous song 'Aa chalke tujhe, mein leke chaloon' sung by Kishore Kumar was filmed with him singing to his son, all of 11 years) and Door Ka Raahi (with Amit as a teenager).

He has sung many popular Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s.

Apart from Hindi songs Amit sang several songs in Bangla, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Konkani. It proves his capability as a versatile singer.

1970s

Amit Kumar made his debut in singing and as a child actor in his father's movie Door Ka Raahi. He recorded a song ‘Main ik panchi matwaala re’ as child singer artist. This song was removed from the film later by Kishore Kumar.

In 1976 the film ''Balika Badhu'' (1976) with the song ‘Bade achchhe lagte hain..’ brought him on the tinsel town big stage. This song can easily be kept in some of the best melodies of all times. The song was composed by legendary R. D. Burman. After that he recorded many songs with R. D. Burman.

In late 70s he sang few songs for various films. The song ‘Aati rahengi baharein’ from the film Kasme Vaade was a huge hit. He sang for Randhir Kapoor in this song while Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan.

He sang many hit songs in the films like Aandhi, Aap Ke Deewane, Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, Des Pardes, Ganga Ki Saugandh, Deewanagi, Duniya Meri Jeb Mein, Parvarish, Baton Baton Mein etc. The duet song with Lata Mangeshkar from the film Baton Baton Mein ‘Uthe sabke kadam’ was quite popular.

As a leading playback singer in Bollywood, he sang many songs for Kumar Gaurav who was a new star in the 1980s. But his maximum number of songs are recorded and released for Anil Kapoor.

1980s

1980s started with a bang for Amit with mega hit film ''Love Story'' (1981 film). He sang all the songs of the film and got his Filmfare Award for the duet ‘Yaad aa rahi hai’ with Lata Mangeshkar. About this song music composer R. D. Burman jokingly told Amit before release that this song sounds like a ‘Bhajan’.

In 1980 the actor Feroz Khan produced a super hit film Qurbani (1980 film). There was a song ‘Laila o Laila’ in this film that became a really big hit. Amit Kumar rendered his voice for this song for Amjad Khan.

His duet song ‘Tu rootha toh main ro doongi sanam’ with Asha Bhonsle from the film Jawani (1984) in the year 1984 composed by R. D. Burman was mega hit. Another chart-buster from 1983 from the film Haadsaa was ‘Yeh Bombay shehar haadsoon ka sheher hai’. This song was super hit.

In this decade, he sang for almost all music direrctors, actors and produced hit after hit. With not so successful career of Kumar Gaurav, Amit kumar later became voice of Anil Kapoor in 1980s. But before this many hit songs too were released for Kumar Gaurav in films like Romance (1983 film), Teri Kasam, Lovers (1983 film), All rounder, Telefilm-Janam, etc. In this decade he sang super hits for Anil Kapoor in the films like Tezaab, Yudh etc.

The song from Tridev filmed on Naseeruddin Shah ‘Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley’ was such a huge nationwide hit that it became the second identity of Naseer. Amit sang for Naseeruddin Shah in the film Hero Hiralal too.

Soon after his father's death, he, along with his half-brother Sumit Kumar, released an album called "Dui Kishore" as a tribute to Kishore Kumar.

Early 1990s to Mid 1990s

1990 started with films like Hum and the song ‘Sanam mere sanam’ brought another big hit for Amit. Baaghi: A Rebel for Love had a smash hit in the song ‘Kaisa lagta hai’. From the film Ghayal (1990 film) the song ‘Pyaar tum mujhase’ was popular.

Amit delivered more hits for the film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The songs ‘Deewana dil deewana’ and ‘Sachhi yeh kahani hai’ were hits, especially the former.

In this decade, he sang for some other hit films too like Awwal Number, ChaalBaaz, Khel (1992 film), Vishwatma, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Judaai (1997 film), Indrajeet etc.

Amit Kumar enjoyed a special work relation with music duo Anand-Milind who heavily promoted Amit kumar in the early 1990s. Some of their best works include Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hain, Maha-Sangram, Swarg, Suryavanshi, Anjaane Rishtey, Talaashi, Jawani Zindabad, Sangdil Sanam, Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin & Rakhwala to name a few. Anand-Milind were one of the few new age music composers of that period who regularly recorded with Amit Kumar, making him the voice for Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.

Amit Kumar also enjoyed success with another fresh talent from the 1990s, Jatin-Lalit, who had Amit Kumar croon hit numbers in several films like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham....

Later in the decade with the invasion of many other Kishore Kumar clones his career started fading. The great R. D. Burman too was no more with whom Amit had a special bonding. He started withdrawing and making himself busier in live stage performances in various parts of the world.

In this phase, Amit lost out to sing for R. D. Burman's last mega hit 1942: A Love Story. He stated in another interview that R. D. Burman was under pressure to use another singer for the songs because it was the 'trend' in those days.

During these years, he composed and released music albums which were not much successful. Some of these are:

MAD (album)|MAD

Pyaar toh bas pyaar hai

Dam dama dam

Some music directors tried to recreate the old magic by composing songs similar to the ones in 1970s sung by his legendary father Kishore Kumar. However, success on this front was elusive.

Television

In late 1980s, he rendered his voice to TV serials on Doordarshan such as "Chuanuti" and "Campus".

He also did songs for the Telefilm ''Janam''.

He also sang the title tracks for Hindi dubbed version of Disney's Animated series "Duck Tales" and "Bob the Builder".

Amit Kumar was one of the main judges in a recently concluded (May 2008) singing competition reality TV show "K for Kishore", where singers tried to recreate the magic of Kishore Kumar's songs on Sony Entertainment Television Asia.

2000-2010

He will be the main judge in the singing competition on Zee Bangla TV for the show: "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mr/Miss Universe 2010".

He also sang two songs in Raju Chacha starring Ajay Devgan, Kajol and Rishi Kapoor - 'Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai' & 'Kahin se ayi Rani'.

He sang ''Tigde Tigde'' with Neetha Subhir for Kandahar starring Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.

Bangla-Hindi Connection

Not many people would know that one of the most popular duet songs of Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar 'Kya yehi pyaar hai' from Rocky (1981 film), the debut film of Sanjay Dutt, composed by legendary R. D. Burman was initially sung by none other than Amit Kumar in Bangla film.

There are seven songs sung by Amit and his father separately. All Bangla songs were sung by Amit and their Hindi versions were sung by Kishore. Songs are given below :-

! Bangla	! Hindi
Pran to maane na	Bachna ae haseeno
Kato din aar	Mujhko baas yuhi udaas rahene do
Patho cheye	Chhodo sanam
Sono rubi	Zubi zubi
Jenona jeona	Kya yahi pyaar hai
E paar bhange	Kabhi palkon pe
Ki kore janle tumi	Tum mere zindegi mein

Acting Stint

Amit Kumar also acted in films which were directed by and starred his father. His notable ones were Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964), Door Ka Raahi (1971), Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974) and Shabhash Daddy (1979).

Amit Kumar Filmography

See Amit Kumar Filmography

Some popular songs

# Dilrubaon ke jalwe (Dulha Mil Gaya 2009 / 2010) # Main ek panchhi (Door Ka Raahi) # Main jis din bhula dun (Police Public) # Teri yaad aa rahi hai (Love Story, 1981) # Dekho maine dekha hai ye ek sapna (Love Story, 1981) # Aankho mein band karloon (Sangdil Sanam) # Aankhon mein band karloon (Sad version) (Sangdil Sanam) # One two three give me a kiss (Sangdil Sanam) # Sanam sangdil sanam (Sangdil Sanam) # Aap ko dekh ke (Kishen Kanhaiya) # Ye zameen gaa rahi hai (Teri Kasam) # Bade acche lagate hain (''Balika Badhu'' (1976)) # Bombay shehar (Haadsa 1983) # Deewana dil deewana (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa) with Udit Narayan) # Sacchi Ye Kahani hai.. Kaise Don (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa) # Dil dil dil le liya (Bhagyawan) # Nazrein mili (Afsana Pyaar Ka) # Aashiq deewana (Afsana Pyaar Ka) # Tip tip tip baarish (Afsana Pyaar Ka) # Pehla Pehla Pyar Hai (1988 Film: Woh Phir Aayegi. With Anuradha Paudwal) # Tu rootha toh mein ro doongi sanam (Jawaani (1984 film)) # Dil mein bajey guitar (Apna Sapna Money Money with Mika) # Koi nahin aisa (Dillagi) # Makhna (Bade Miyan Chote Miyan) # Kehh do ke tum ho meri varna (Tezaab) # Jaan-e-mann jaan-e-jigar (Ghazab, 1982) # Laila o Laila (Qurbani, 1980) # Aati rahengi bahaarein (Kasme Vaade with Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhonsle) # Gabbar Singh yeh keh gaya (100 Days, 1991) # Le le dil de de dil (100 Days, 1991) # Hum Aur Tum Ab Nahin Paraye (Jamai Raja, 1990 with Alka Yagnik) # Ek do teen (Tezaab) # Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley (Tridev 1989 with Sapna Mukherjee) # Main hoon hero (Ram Lakhan) # Jao tum chahe jahan / Yaad karoge vahan (Narsimha 1991) # Na jaane kahan se ayeeh (Chaalbaaz) # Kaisa lagta hai (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love with Anuradha Paudwal) # Maang teri saja doon (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love with Anuradha Paudwal) # Tap tap tapori (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love) # Rama o Rama (Rama O Rama) # Roz roz aankho tale (Jeeva) # Sanam mere sanam (Hum) # Suno suno ladkiyon (Silsila Hai Pyar Ka 1999) # Uthe sabke kadam (Baton Baton Mein) # Na bole tum na maine kuch kaha (Baton Baton Mein) # Salma pe dil aa gaya (Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya Title song) # Le jhing kur kur (Olot Palot- Bangla Film 2009) # Ms. India marti mujhpe (Dhamaal with Adnan Sami) # Juhi ne dil maanga main nakkho bola (Ehsaas: The Feeling (2001)) # Chori ki baatein (Fight Club – Members Only 2006 with Shweta Pandit) # Yeh raat yeh tanhaiyaan (Gunaah—1993 film) with Sadhna Sargam) # Vinashak aatha hai (Vinashak – Destroyer (1998)) # Aana re aana re dil yeh deewana re (Gurudev (film) 1993 with Asha Bhonsle & Shailender Singh) # Ek din tera dheere se dharwaja kholunga (Gurudev (film) 1993) # Dheere dheere dheere chori chori chori (Imtihaan 1995 with Alka Yagnik # Chal naujawaan aage chal (Jaagruti 1992) # Dil jigar ke jaan (Jaanam 1992 with Anuradha Paudwal) # Teri chahat ke siva (Jaanam 1992 with Anuradha Paudwal) # Humein tumse pyaar kitna (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with K. K.) # Maalum hai kya (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with Vishal Dadlani) # Rukh rukh rukhna (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with Vishal Dadlani) # Naam hai mera Fonseca (Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar 1992) # Aaya main aaya (Maha-Sangram 1990 with Udit Narayan) # Aa baahon mein aa (Maha-Sangram 1990 with Anuradha Paudwal) # Filmy very filmy (Page 3 2005 with Blaaze & Tannishtha Chatterjee) # Aadhi raat ko (Parampara (film) with Lata Mangeshkar) # Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai (Raju Chacha 2000) # Kahin se ayi Rani with (Raju Chacha 2000 with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shweta Pandit, Shrradha Pandit & Kajol) # Tu roop ki rani tu choron ka raja (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy) # Chai mein chini (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy) # Parda utha (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy) # Aala re paoos aala (Safari 1999 with Alka Yagnik) # Kajal kajal teri aankhon ka yeh kajal (Sapoot with Asha Bhonsle) # Jaane de jaane de (Shola Aur Shabnam 1992 with Kavita Krishnamurthy) # Tere liye saari umar jaagun (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992) # Gali gali mein gana (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992) # Tooti khidki makdi ka jangla (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992 with Kavita Krishnamurthy) # Pyaar bada mushkil hai (Yodha 1990) # Do bechare (Victoria No. 203 2007 with Udit Narayan) # Dil le gayi teri bindiya (Vishwatma 1992 with Sapna Mukherjee) # Bole chudiyan (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... 2001 with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam & Udit Narayan) # Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya (Title Song 1997 with Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu & Udit Narayan) # Ka janoon main sajaniya, chamkaibe kab chandania, uthaile ghoongta, chand dekh le (Hum Panch)

External links

# Amit Kumar's Official website # Amit Kumar's Official Fan Club # Amit Kumar IMDB profile # The Statesman on his 58th Birthday

Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Bollywood playback singers Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:Indian film singers Category:Indian male singers