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'Every time we tried coaxing Kishoreda, 'Let's go, Dada, let's get the recording done, Abdul - his driver who had gone out to fetch the tea - will be here soon', he would counter with, 'Let Abdul come. And after an endless wait, when the tea finally arrived, he went ahead with the recording without even having a sip of it. In another instance, Kishore Kumar halted the recording of songs for a film called 'Bharosa' to demand tea. If nothing else, this underscores the immense effort and planning required to live a life of absurdities,' writes the veteran lyricist. Kishoreda simply opened the cupboard, stepped in and disappeared! Leaving the producer waiting for him outside the open doors of the contraption. 'He used to have this astounding cupboard that hid a secret staircase within. Once a producer went to the singer-actor's house to seek a meeting but as Kishore Kumar was not in a mood to talk to him, he 'simply opened his cupboard, stepped in and disappeared!' In fact, one of Kishore Kumar's favourite things to do was 'to land his producers in trouble', Gulzar writes in the memoir, published by Penguin Random House India.

Not only directors, many producers were also at the receiving end of Kishore Kumar's mischief. The film ended up winning several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1972.

Nevertheless, I have never seen someone cutting off their nose to spite their face in such a manner,' recalls Gulzar, who wrote the dialogues of the superhit movie. Perhaps Kishoreda never wanted to play the character. 'Consequently, Rajesh Khanna was finalized for the role in a very short time. 'We were all shocked! On top of that, Kishoreda went around the office dancing and singing, 'What will you do now, Hrishi?' (the film's director, Hrishikesh Mukherjee). But just a few days before the shoot, Kishore Kumar, in a meeting to discuss his look in the film, shocked everyone by turning up completely bald. I Met Them: A Memoir'.ДЄccording to Gulzar, Kishore Kumar, and not actor Rajesh Khanna, was initially set to star in the 1971 cult classic 'Anand'. Gulzar reveals how Kishore Kumar went bald before shoot of film Anand in his memoirДЇrom turning 'completely bald', avoiding playing the titular hero in 'Anand' to troubling hapless producers by disappearing through a 'secret staircase' behind his cupboard, 'mad genius' Kishore Kumar had a number of tricks up his sleeves, reveals poet-lyricist Gulzar in his new book 'Actually. Follow us on Image Source : INSTAGRAM/KISHORE_DAA

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