His melodious voice and penchant for love songs struck a chord with people, making him the filmmakers’ top choice for movies.
Although he is a Malayali by birth, he is followed by fans across the country.
He mainly contributed to 90s pop music, which was also a hit with students.
Some of his famous songs from that time were “Pal” and “Yaaron” among others. His music has helped many young people through many facets of life such as heartaches and simple daily hustle and bustle.
The song also featured other Team India members including then-captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Robin Singh. The video also showed India’s historic World Cup victory in 1983.
After working on several jingles over the next few years, KK got a chance to sing AR Rahman’s hit song ‘Kalluri Saaley’ and ‘Hello Dr’ from Kadir’s ‘Kadhal Desam’ and then ‘Strawberry Kannae’ from the movie musical ‘Minsara Kanavu’ .
In 1999, he made his Bollywood playback debut with ‘Tadap Tadap’ from ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. However, he sang a small part of Gulzar’s ‘Maachis’ song ‘Chhod Aaye Hum’ before this big debut.
Some of his famous songs include ‘Jab Bhi Koi Haseena’ from ‘Hera Pheri’, ‘Jhanak Jhanak Baaje’ from ‘Farz’, ‘Mil Jaye Khazana’ from ‘Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar’, ‘Aaja Gufaon Mein’ from ‘ Aks’, ‘Dola Re Dola’ and ‘Maar Daala’ for ‘Devdas’, ‘Bardaasht’ for Abbas Mastan’s ‘Humraaz’, ‘Zindagi Do Pal Ki’ and ‘Dil Kyun Yeh Mera’ for ‘Kites’.
In 2008, KK released their second album ‘Humsafar’. His song “Raina Bhai Kaari” was a mixture of Bengali Baul with rock, which had a tinge of SD Burman. KK had also sung an English rock ballad “Cineraria”.
Some of his favorite international singers and bands were Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Bryan Adams and Led Zeppelin. In 2013, KK sang for an international album, “Rise Up – Colors of Peace”, consisting of songs written by Turkish poet Fetullah Gulen and sung by artists from 12 countries. He recorded a song called “Rose of My Heart” for the album.