KK's voice was the soundtrack of my plus 2. The trio of KK, Pritam and Emraan Hashmi ruled the roost from 2005 to 2007, giving us sanity despite the assault of Himesh around the same time.
I had picked up the guitar in 2005 and for the aspiring guitarist, no other mainstream singer (apart from Lucky Ali, who I don't consider mainstream) had so many guitar-based songs. Tu hi meri shab, Kya mujhe pyaar hai, Tu aashiqui hai, Dil ibadat, Zara sa, Alvida, Dil khudgarz, Khuda jaane. KK was the Arijit Singh before Arijit Singh. The singer because of whose songs one would want to watch movies. The one who immortalised dosti for us, who felt like our pal, who originally sang Pal. Who else could have? He was the OG Indian Idol.
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