Rahul Dev Burman
On Rahul Dev Burman’s Birth Anniversary, Some Unknown Facts About The Maestro
1. Rahul Dev Burman was never taken seriously by his father the legendary Sachin Dev Burman; at least not in Rahul’s early years. When Sachinda’s long-term collaborator Dev Anand wanted to sign RD instead of SD for Hare Rama Hare Krishna, SD stoutly discouraged Dev imploring the actor-producer-director to sign the father as usual. But Dev stuck to his guns. Or shall we say Ganas? 2. The fact is, Rahul ghost-composed some of his father’s popular songs including Roop tera mastana and Mere sapnon ki rani in Aradhana.Earlier the song Sar jo tera chakraye in Guru Du | Click Here...
Rishi Kapoor-Rahul Dev Burman, What A-Team!
Whom was R D Burman more musically inclined towards, Rajesh Khanna or Rishi Kapoor? Hard to say. RD gave music in 16 of Rishi’s films. The music of Burman played a huge hand in shaping Rishi’s career. Rishi once spoke to me about his close association with RD. He said, “R.D. Burman was like family to me. He used to come home and I used to visit him. Ashaji used to cook for us . Like me he was very fond of eating and drinking. At the start of my career RD did music in my Zehreela Insaan and Khel Khel Mein . These had evergreen songs like O hanseeni and Khullam khulla p | Click Here...
The True Story Behind R D Burman’s swan song, Kuch Na Kaho from 1942: A Love Story
If Rahul Dev Burman’s swan song Kuch na kaho kuch bhi na kaho is remembered so vividly to this day it has more to do with the staying power of the limitlessly talented composer rather than any intrinsic merit of the song’s parent film 1942: A Love Story. Of the two versions of the songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kumar Sanu there was a bit of controversy over the female version , sung to immortality by Lataji. The song had already been recorded in Kavita Krishnamurthy’s voice when it was done again by Lataji. Was Lataji aware of the song’s history? Absolutely not. | Click Here...
Meiyang Chang reveals a secret about Pancham Da on &TV’s Love Me India
The Indian music industry has seen several music directors who have changed the world of music year after year. Yet, there has been no composer as evergreen and harmonious as the late Rahul Dev Burman or fondly known by the industry as ‘Pancham Da’ Recalled as a maverick musician, who influenced a generation towards some of his priceless tunes, &TV’s Love Me India recently paid an honourable tribute to the pioneer by recreating some of his legendary pieces. With each contestant melodiously crooning the legend’s tunes, th | Click Here...