Dhaka, July 7 -- But Kishore, who dominated the Bangla film industry for decades, politely refused and decided to dedicate his life in the service of Dhaliwood, Linu Billah, a prominent singer and close friend of Kishore, said paying tribute to the popular playback singer who died after a long battle with cancer on Monday. He was 64.

"Even Bollywood had no singer who could match Kishore in playback, let alone in Bangladesh. If he could collaborate with RD Burman, Kishore had the potential to take the 'number one position' in India and Bangladesh," Billah said.

Manjurul Alam Billah Linu, a freedom fighter and former member of one of Bangladesh's first rock music bands Jingle, is popularly known as Linu Billah. He has countless memories w...