Did Kishore Kumar feel his own death? Son Amit Kumar reveals the uncanny preliminary units of the legendary singer on his last day

On October 13, 1987, something felt a bit in the Kumar household. Kishore Kumar, India's most famous and puzzling voice – was unusually restless. The man who brought millions through his timeless melodies and survival -sized dresses seemed to be anxious. But what developed that day was more than just discomfort. It was a premonition, maybe even a farewell to disguise.

“Don't swim today”: The last signs

In an interview with journalist Vikey Lalwani, who reminded of this fateful day, Kishores older son Amit Kumar revealed amazing details. His father, although he seemed happily on the outside, was unusually tense. Kishore was waiting for AMIT's flight from Canada to land. He seemed to be busy over time and repeatedly wondering whether his son would make it back before something happened – something he could not quite articulate but felt clear.
Kishore threw an abrupt warning to his younger son Sumeet: “Don't go swimming today.” He joked to his wife Leena Chandavarkar that he might have a heart attack. She laughed at it – maybe used his theater. After all, this was a man who was known to staged even in tense moments. But minutes later Kishore Kumar collapsed. For a short moment, Leena believed that it was another of his jokes. Then reality hit the joke, the poet, the power package; had fallen quietly.
It was like he knew. As if his instincts – often dismissed as an eccentricity – sounded the last alarm.

The skulls that triggered the madness of myth

Even before this fateful day, Kishore Kumar's eccentricity had become a stuff of the legend. Among the strangest stories? That he held skulls and bones at home.
His son Amit Kumar recently exposed the myth and explained that they were only African souvenirs from a family trip to Nairobi – no symbols of madness, only curious. “He loved African culture – music, art, even pearls,” said Amit. “These skulls are still trusting.” Nevertheless, the stories remained. The filmmaker SD Narang once stamped around Kishore's floor and chased for a rumored trapdoor. Kishore just laughed. “Theek Hai, Duniya Kehti Mujhe Pagal, Hauptkehta Hoon Duniya Ko Pagal … Bolne do Pagal … Achha Hai, Kyun Na?”

A genius too big for a life

Kishore Kumar's life was a performance – on stage, in films at home. He recorded over 2,900 songs in several languages, illuminated screens with his comic -timing and composed musical moods that nobody else could do. He worked with the largest RD Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, SD Burman and remained delightfully untrained, untouched by the rules of formal music.

And maybe his reason was why his death was dramatic like his life – full of intuition, laughter and an unsightly farewell.

Kishore Kumar was immortal for those who heard him sing. But for those who knew him, especially his sons, his last moments were a master class in how even legends sometimes know when their curtain call came. He didn't just sang about life. He felt his end – and left the stage on the keyword one last time.