Kishore Kumar was born in to a Bengali family in the small town of Khandwa of Madhya Pradesh as Abhas Kumar Ganguly. His father Kunjilal Ganguly was a lawyer and his mother Gouri Devi was from a wealthy family. Kunjilal Ganguly had four children in all, Ashok Kumar the eldest, daughter Sati Devi, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar the youngest.

Kishore was still a child, when his brother Ashok Kumar became an actor. Some time later on Anoop Kumar also ventured into the movies with the help of Ashok Kumar. Hanging around his brothers Kishore started to take a keen interest in the movies. As time went on Kishore started to show interest in the music scene too and soon became a fan of K.L Saigal. As Kishore was getting well know to copy K.L.Saigal’s songs, his parents would often persuade him to mimic songs from Ashok Kumar’s movies.