Leading Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, was cremated in India’s entertainment capital Mumbai on Thursday.
The cremation took place at Mumbai’s Versova Hindu crematorium, barely a kilometre from his apartment complex in the presence of his family members and close friends from Bollywood.
Local TV channels aired live the footage of his last rites performed by KK’s son Nakul.
The 53-year-old playback singer died of a suspected cardiac arrest, shortly after a concert in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata late on Tuesday night.
Soon after the news of his death broke, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to express their condolences.
“His songs reflected a wide range of emotions and struck a chord with people of all age groups. We will always remember him through his songs. Condolences to his family and fans,” Modi wrote.
“Extremely sad and shocked to know of the sad demise of KK. What a loss! Om Shanti,” Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar wrote.
Regarded as one of the most versatile singers of his generation, KK recorded over 3,500 songs across 11 Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese and Hindi.
His glorious career began in 1994, but he shot to fame in 1999 for ‘Pal,’ his debut album that became massively popular as a school-farewell song in the subcontinent.
Source: United News of Bangladesh