Remembering RD Burman on his death anniversary..

R.D. burman aka Pancham always believed in new experiment in music. he was also singer.

R D Burmans singing voice was unique and his best known songs are probably Mehbooba mehbooba from Sholay and Duniya mein logonko dhoka khabie..from Apna Desh picturised on Rajesh Khanna ! 

He had composed so many nice songs which people still enjoy listening. His unique style had also inspired many other composers. And some of his songs were also used as remixed versions.

Rahul Dev Burman, is the only son of Sachin Dev Burman and his lyricist wife Meeradev Burman. Pancham was his nick name. There is a story about his nick name Pancham. During his  childhood, whenever he cried, it sounded in the fifth note ( Pa) of music notation.

Rahul, a creative genius did major works with Aha Bhosle, his wife and Kishore Kumar.

Some of his greatest songs are, Ye Shaam Mastani,Zindagi Ke Safar Mein, Dum maro Dum, Raat Kali Rk khwab mei Aaayi to name a few.

Panchamda's magic still works wonders and holds us captive to this day. Numerous songs come, get on the top of the charts for a few days and then are quickly forgotten. But Pancham's songs are the ones that are still sung when friends get together year after year.

RD Burman's music transends boundaries of language and time. You can go on listenining to his songs again and again without getting a bored a bit. Each time to hear it , you find something new is his music. That is how it is for me.

yeh shaam mastani... madhosh kiye jaaye... 

aane wala pal jaane wala hai

meri bheegi bheegi si ankhiyon mei rahe gaye jaise mere sapne ne bikhar ke

dam maro dam.... and the list goes on and on... 

RD Burman ruled the film music during the secenties and the eighties. He brought in singers like Bhupendra and Runa Laila ..Do deewane shahar mein sung by the two is one of my favorite songs . Some of the films for which he gave very melodious music - Baharon ke Sapne, Amar Prem, mere Jeevan saathi, 1942 love story, teesri manzil, caravan, padosan..

To is the bday for another great music composer... what a coincidence,.. AR Rahman also celebrates his bday today :)

RD Burman or Pancham Da...The name brings nostalgia...The memory strings of times and songs we heard, hummed and danced to during our growing years. The melody is still fresh and evergreen.

And not to forget the duo.. Gulzar's honey dipped lyrics and the music of Pancham Da

I think Panchamda was the first composer who explored unconventional things to provide outstanding music. He even produced memorable music using a comb in the song from Padosan, 'Mere Samnewali Khidki mein' the quite distinct creaking kind of music heard before the song was created using a comb.

one of the music legend of India, he really worth everything in this country, I love his bade acche lagte hain song from balika badhu.

RD Burmans range was immense , he could effortlessly compose any kind of tune - from cabaret to romantic duets to folk songs and ghazals..

Mehbooba Mehbooba, bheegi bheegi Raton mein , chuniri sambhal Gori , aaja piya toh se pyar doo, Ghar aaja ghir aa, MERI jaan Maine KAHA, o mere Sona re, run be mujhe dekha ..What a fabulous range !

Though he picked up a lot of tunes from Western music, his creativity gave a refreshing and personal touch to them

usha manohar wrote:

R D Burmans singing voice was unique and his best known songs are probably Mehbooba mehbooba from Sholay and Duniya mein logonko dhoka khabie..from Apna Desh picturised on Rajesh Khanna ! 

One more song Smunder Nha Key or Bhi Namkeen Ho Gai Ho, Film Pukar.

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

R D Burmans singing voice was unique and his best known songs are probably Mehbooba mehbooba from Sholay and Duniya mein logonko dhoka khabie..from Apna Desh picturised on Rajesh Khanna ! 

One more song Smunder Nha Key or Bhi Namkeen Ho Gai Ho, Film Pukar.

I like another song from Pukar, BachKe rehna re baba, sung by Kishore and Asha,

Apparently Pancham was extremely humorous . On his wife Asha Bhosles birthday he gift wrapped two brooms and gave her . The reason being that Asha was a stickler for cleanliness and when she was at home , she wd be perpetually sweeping and dusting..lol

Yes. R. D Burman had a great sense of humor. The movie Padosan, not only the comedians in the movie, even R.D Burman, the composer, lyricist Rajendrakishen had a great sense of humor.

Javed Akhtar's account on R.D Burman's sense of humor

http://cityairnews.com/content/rd-burman-had-great-sense-humour-javed-akhtar

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

I think Panchamda was the first composer who explored unconventional things to provide outstanding music. He even produced memorable music using a comb in the song from Padosan, 'Mere Samnewali Khidki mein' the quite distinct creaking kind of music heard before the song was created using a comb.

They say a creative genius looks beyond the obvious. For an ordinary mortal a comb is just a comb, nothing else. The intro music bit in the Movie  Podosan is an example of Pancham's creative genius.

rambabu wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

I think Panchamda was the first composer who explored unconventional things to provide outstanding music. He even produced memorable music using a comb in the song from Padosan, 'Mere Samnewali Khidki mein' the quite distinct creaking kind of music heard before the song was created using a comb.

They say a creative genius looks beyond the obvious. For an ordinary mortal a comb is just a comb, nothing else. The intro music bit in the Movie  Podosan is an example of Pancham's creative genius.

I think Kalyani has already touched on the subject and so why do you parrot the same thing ? Please give a link to this intro music of padosan so that we too can enjoy it 

It is even said that he helped his father with his composition and it is his suggestions that made some of SD Burman's song so popular. I remember one such song " Roop tera mastaba" from Aradhna. SD had given a slower tune which was not so appealing. Pancham Da suggested the other tune which was used. The song became a super hot. So he can be credited for some of his father's success too. I remember it from one of the radio interviews of Asha Bhonsle during my childhood