The singer died on Tuesday night shortly after performing at a concert in Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium.
Singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, was cremated in Mumbai on Thursday, reported PTI. The singer’s last rites were performed by his son Nakul at the Versova Hindu crematorium around 2 pm. KK died on Tuesday night shortly after performing at a concert in Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium. He collapsed at the hotel where he was staying after the performance. Doctors at the Calcutta Medical Research Institute said that the singer had died by the time he was brought to the hospital. Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, singer Rekha Bhardwaj, Director Ashoke Pandit, lyricist Javed Akhtar and musicians Shankar Mahadevan, Udit Narayan and Abhijeet Bhattacharya were among those who attended the funeral.
“It is a big loss,” Bhattacharya told reporters. “The entire industry is reeling under shock. He did not have any health issue as such for the few days, he had acidity problem.”
Singers Rahul Vaidya, Shreya Ghoshal, Sudesh Bhosale, Salim Merchant, Alka Yagnik, Javed Ali and Papon paid their tribute to KK at his residence. The police filed a case of unnatural death on Wednesday and conducted a post-mortem. This was after an initial investigation showed he was “almost mobbed” by fans at the hotel where he returned after the performance.
