Kishore Kumar spanned magic with his voice modulating it at will, erupting humour, sorrow and many other moods. It has been a long time he has been passed into the ages, still his songs reverberates in the hearts of music lovers.

His eldest son Amit Kumar remembering him tells the facets that is oblivious to the world, but we are still interested to hear. “What can I say except that he was a wonderful guy -- a great father? I think it's the fortunate who get these kind of fathers. He was known to play practical jokes on people very often. He used to love telling jokes too. But with the family he used to be serious. He loved us and the rest of the family. Most of the times, he was like a child. He never planned things. He was impulsive. He would just get up and say, 'let's go out' and we would pile up in the car and go without thinking twice. He loved the mountains, nature. People think that Kishore Kumar only means jokes, comedy. But he had a very serious side to him too.
The eccentricity, which people say was part of him, was apparent only when somebody irritated him,” he says.

Getting nostalgic he continues, I didn't live with him when I was a child. But I used to come to Bombay very often during my holidays. I loved spending my holidays with him. I started living with him only when I was 19. I used to stay in Calcutta and I used to miss him a lot then. I was generally in Bombay during my Diwali and summer vacations and I used to enjoy it here thoroughly. I bunked school to be here as soon as possible and would extend my vacations to well after the school started.

He used to feel that he wasn't giving me enough time. That's the reason he took me to the studios. My choice of a career was definitely influenced by him. Every father thinks his son should become something. He was happy that I wanted to be a singer. I learnt by watching him on stage. It paved a way for me. I used to play a few instruments on the stage during a stage show. That's how I learnt singing. He was an institution for me and so many others too. There are so many who imitate him, but nobody like him. His style is imitated, but never reproduced. His style was unique.

He told me I shouldn't copy him as it would stunt my growth as an singer and an individual. He wanted me to be on the top as he was. It was an emotional moment for him when my Love Story songs were hits. He was very happy for me and used to cry when he watched me record a song.”