Playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known by his stage name KK, was cremated in the presence of his family and close friends from the film fraternity.
The cremation of the popular singer were conducted at Mumbai’s Versova Hindu crematorium around 2pm, just a kilometre away from his home at Park Plaza apartment.
The singer, just 53, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night shortly after a performance at a concert, leaving the industry and his fans in a state of shock.
An ambulance adorned with flowers and a picture of KK, carried the singer’s body to the crematorium.
The last rites were performed by KK’s son Nakul, who looked inconsolable.
The 53-year-old singer’s filmmaker friend Vishal Bhardwaj with wife Rekha, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet Bhattarcharya and others attended the funeral.
Musicians like Shreya Ghoshal, Salim Merchant, Alka Yagnik, Rahul Vaidya, Javed Ali, Papon, Shantanu Moitra and Sudesh Bhosale paid their tribute to the singer at his residence.
“It is a big loss. The entire industry is reeling under shock. He didn’t have any health issue as such for the few days he had acidity problem,” Bhattarcharya told reporters outside KK’s residence.
On Wednesday, the West Bengal government gave a gun salute to honour the singer. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid floral tributes to him.
Surjitt Sahani
