Well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died in Kolkata. He was 53.Born in New Delhi to C S Menon and Kunnath Kanakavalli on August 23, 1968, KK reportedly had a short stint as a marketing associate in the hotel industry after which he shifted to Mumbai to pursue a career in music. @militarychoiceblog
In 1994, he took a chance and gave a demo tape to Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot and Leslie Lewis. After working on several jingles over the next few years, he was introduced as a playback singer with A R Rahman's hit song 'Kalluri Saaley' and 'Hello Dr.' from Kadir's 'Kadhal Desam' and then 'Strawberry Kannae' from the musical film 'Minsara Kanavu'.
Finally, in 1999, he made his debut as a Bollywood playback singer with 'Tadap Tadap' from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'. Though, prior to this, he had sung a small portion of the song 'Chhod Aaye Hum' from Gulzar's 'Maachis'.
In the same year, he came out with his debut solo album titled 'Pal' with Leslie Lewis composing the music.
