Leena Chandavarkar Reveals Her Kishore Kumar Paan Habit: Chewed Leaves! | |

A veteran Bollywood actress Leena Chandavarkar shared an interesting story about her late husband, a famous musician Kishore Kumar. He talked about the unique habits of the ‘Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan’ singer who does things in his own way.During Leena Chandavarkar’s special guest appearance on Indian Idol, she spoke about Kishore Kumar’s habits and fun memories that most people don’t know about.After host Aditya Narayan shared about Kishore Kumar’s famous habit of arriving at the recording studio with one pair of women’s shoes and one pair of women’s shoes, the “Humjoli” actor shared another less known habit.

Kishore Kumar simple on the ground habit

He said, “Woh paan sirf patta khaate the. Jo Calcutta ka paan ka patta hota hai na, ek patta khaate the. Matlab usmein andar choona nahi, tambaaku nahi, supari nahi, kuch bhi nahi. Gulkand bhi nahi. Kuch bhi nahi woh uske Khilaf the, bas woh sirf paan ka patta khaate the.” This means that Kishore Kumar only chews a leaf of Calcutta paan. He did not like to add lime, tobacco, betel nut, gulkand or any other substances.Leena Chandavarkar attended the show along with her son Sumit for a segment dedicated to the music video.

A legend of Indian music

Kishore Kumar is remembered as one of the most famous singers in Indian cinema who gave us several popular songs including ‘Intaha Ho Gai Intezar Ki’, ‘Dil Kya Kare’, ‘Dilbar Mere,’ ‘Tere Bina Zindagi Se’, ‘Roop Tera Mastana’, ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’, ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’, ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’, ‘OPal Dil Kein Dil Pal’ and Pal Kein Dil Pare’ and many more. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that even today his music entertains people from generation to generation.Apart from singing, he has also acted in memorable films like ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’, ‘Half Ticket’, ‘Padosan’, ‘Jhumroo’ and ‘Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein’.