there are 110 in Hindi, 30 in Bengali and two in Tamil. There are 37 non-film songs in Hindi, and two each in Bengali, Pashto, Punjabi and Persian. His non-film songs comprise bhajans, ghazals and hori. He has rendered the creations of poets such as Ghalib, Zauq, and Seemab. Saigal's distinctive singing was revered and idolised by the first generation of post-independence Hindi Film playback singers, including Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh have even gone on record in an interview that they consider Kundan Lal Saigal to be their musical Guru. Discography Filmography In popular culture The song "Saigal Blues" from the Bollywood film Delhi Belly (2011) pays tribute to him. On 11 April 2018, on the occasion of his 114th birthday, Google paid homage to Saigal with a doodle. See also Bollywood songs References Further reading Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen: Saigal, Kundan Lal. [In] Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, revised edition, 1999, p. 203. External links http://www.kundanlalsaigal.org/ : A comprehensive resource centre for research and documentation of K.L. Saigal songs & related memorabilia Detailed K.L. Saigal profile K.L. Saigal's profile 1904 births 1947 deaths Punjabi Hindus Punjabi people Indian male playback singers Male actors from Jammu and Kashmir Bollywood playback singers Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male ghazal singers Bhajan singers Alcohol-related deaths in India 20th-century Indian male actors 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian singers Articles containing video clips