When Amit Kumar spoke about his father, Kishore Kumar's sporting talent

Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Playback singer Amit Kumar once revealed that his father, Kishore Kumar was very fond of playing football. An old video of Amit from comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s show has surfaced on the Internet.

In the video, Amit recollected how his father loved football but was also very shy, as he said, “He was a very good footballer. He was very thin, and very shy. He never used to show his body. So just imagine, in the summer season in Indore Christian College there is a football match. Everyone is wearing jerseys and playing. One man is wearing heavy layers of clothes and playing football”.

Football is one of the most loved sports in the Bengali community. The sport has played a crucial role in the Indian resistance against the British Raj. The Mohun Bagan club, which is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia, was founded in 1889. It came into existence due to the discrimination against the Indians. Given Kolkata’s history with football, the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona visited the Mohun Bagan in Kolkata in 2008, where he interacted with club officials, played a friendly match, and met with political leaders.

Amit also confirmed that his father has actually buried a car in the garden in their Juhu home.

He further mentioned, “When he became a hero, he bought his first car. He and my mother went to purchase that car. In 1950. He got married in 1950, and bought the car around the same time. That car was there for 10-12 years. I saw it in our home”.

“I saw it till 1959. It had a green colour. When my parents got separated, my father buried the car after their divorce. That was my father”, he added.

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