Destiny made him a singer instead. Krishna Kumar Kunnath better known as K K is on a high note in his singing career and today needs no introduction.

A commerce graduate from Delhi University, K K realised very late in life that he could make singing as his career. A die-hard fan of Kishore Kumar, K K switched from Hindi to English songs during his teens. His versatile voice was soon tapped by various ad agencies in Delhi for jingles. He even formed a rock band with his friends and played drums for two other rock bands and did vocals.

In 1994, UTV gave him his first break in Mumbai and since then has never looked back. He worked with his mentor Leslie Lewis in his first jingle in Mumbai and success soon followed him.

In a span of four years, he has to his credit more than 3500 jingles in 11 Indian languages. Vishal Bhardwaj, who noticed this new talent, gave him the much-needed break in Hindi cinema in MAACHIS. “I was one of the playback singers in Gulzar’s hit number ‘Chodh aaye hum woh galiyan…’,” he says.

The rest as they say is history and KK has to his credit more than 400 songs in Hindi and over 100 songs in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.

His act at the Kingfisher Great Indian October Fest will comprise of English and Hindi hit numbers. This is the first time that Hindi songs will be showcases at the fest. Let the good times roll.

Click here for a detailed schedule of music acts at the Kingfisher TGIOF.