On Friday, October 25, Google celebrated late Indian singer KK (Krishnakumar Kunnath) with an animated doodle to mark the anniversary of his Bollywood debut. On this day in 1996, she sang her first Bollywood song ‘Chhod Aaye Hum’ for Gulzar’s political thriller Maachis.

The animated doodle shows KK standing and singing with a mike in his hand.

In a note explaining the relevance of the doodle, Google said on its website, “This doodle celebrates Krishnakumar Kunnath, also known as KK, a successful Indian playback singer known for his versatility. He is widely remembered for recording songs in multiple languages.” Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati.”

The note further reads, “On this day in 1996, KK debuted as a playback singer on the song ‘Chhod Aaye Hum’ as a feature in the film Maachis.”

Born on 23 August 1968 in Delhi, KK started his musical journey By performing commercial jingles. He sang around 3,500 jingles in 11 languages. The singer rose to fame in Hindi cinema with the song “Tadap-Tadap” from the 1999 film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. In the same year, he launched his first album, Paal, which gained him popularity among the people.

During his three decade long career, KK sang more than 500 songs in Hindi and 200 songs in Telugu, Bengali, Kannada and Malayalam. Some? his popular songs These include “Khuda Jaane,” “Beetein Lamhe,” “Aankhon Mein Teri,” and “Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai.”

The singer died of a suspected heart attack in May 2022 at the age of 53.