K.L. Saigal

Biography

Kundanlal Saigal, often abbreviated as K. L. Saigal, was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centred in Kolkata during Saigal's time, but is currently centred in Mumbai. Saigal's unique voice quality which was a mixture of baritone and soft tenor was the benchmark for most of the singers who followed him. In fact it remains the gold standard even today shining through a very early and practically primitive recording technology.

Known For

Zindagi

Ratan

Bhakta Surdas

My Sister

Ramesh

The Devoted

Parwana

Shahjehan

Sohail

Street Singer

Devdas

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1947	Parwana
1946	Shahjehan	Sohail
1946	Omar Khayyam	Omar Khayyam
1945	Tadbir	Kanhaiyalal
1944	Bhanwara	Pancham
1944	My Sister	Ramesh
1943	Tansen	Tansen
1942	Bhakta Surdas	Bhakta Surdas
1941	Lagan	Harish
1940	Zindagi	Ratan
1938	Street Singer
1938	Jiban Maran	Mohan
1937	President	Prakash
1937	Didi
1936	Devdas	Devdas
1935	Karwane Hayat
1935	Devdas	Cameo (guest at Chandramukhi's house)
1934	Roop Lekha	Arup in the Hindi version
1934	Chandidas	Chandidas
1934	Daku Mansoor	Mansoor
1933	The Devoted
1933	Yahudi Ki Ladki	Prince Marcus
1933	Rajrani Meera
1932	A Living Corpse

Year	TV Show	Role