Singer Murdered Brutally: When talking about the top singers of Bollywood in the 90s, the names of Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik come to mind. But in that era, there was one singer who traveled from the throne to the floor. After enduring a long struggle, he made a big name in the world of singing and music. But then he was brutally killed.
We are talking about Gulshan Kumar, who has given many hit songs in Bollywood films and albums. Born on 5 May 1956 in Delhi, Gulshan Kumar did many small jobs before entering the world of music. In his childhood, he used to sit with his father in his juice shop. After this, he gradually started repairing audio cassettes and tape recorders.
Make your own cassettes by recording music
While repairing audio cassettes and tape recorders, Gulshan Kumar also started selling cassettes and tape recorders. During this time, he started recording music and making his own cassettes. Gulshan Kumar used to record cassettes while attending bhajans and pujas. At that time the price of a cassette used to be around Rs 30. But Gulshan used to sell his cassettes for Rs 10.
Gulshan Kumar dominated with the film Aashiqui
Even by selling cassettes worth ten rupees, Gulshan Kumar’s business progressed a lot. After this he built his own studio ‘Super Cassettes Industries’ in Delhi. After this he thought of entering Bollywood and went to Mumbai. Gulshan Kumar founded T-Series in 1993. The first film of T-Series was ‘Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka’ (1989) whose producer was Gulshan Kumar. But T-Series became famous when it met ‘Aashiqui’ (1990). Lakhs of cassettes of the songs of this film were sold overnight.
Underworld Abu Salem took his own life
According to many media reports, at one time Gulshan Kumar’s name started being included among the highest paid tax payers. In such a situation, he came in the sight of underworld Abu Salem who demanded Rs 5 lakh from him. But Gulshan Kumar clearly refused to give the money and said that he would organize a Bhandara in Vaishno Devi temple with this much money. This reply of Gulshan Kumar enraged Abu Salem and he got Gulshan brutally murdered through Shooter Raja.
Gulshan Kumar brutally killed in broad daylight
If reports are to be believed, Gulshan used to go to the temple every day. On August 12, 1997, when he had gone to Mahadev temple, there was indiscriminate firing on him while returning. His driver tried to save him but in the process he also lost his life. The injured Gulshan Kumar died on the way to the hospital.