We must remember India is generally known for its rather pragmatic and liberal approach to intellectual property laws and all of the Indian genres of music, be they classical, folk, or popular, find themes freely passing from one artist to another. They remained happily married until his death.Īt the height of his career, there were repeated questions concerning his "borrowing" of themes from other songs. His personal life was also good in this period. It is pointless to try and name them all, but a few which particularly stand out are "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin" (1977), "Golmal" (1979), "Kudrat" (1980), and "Burning Train" (1980) It did not stop him, but marked the start of another decade of successful films in Bollywood. The death of his father may be seen as a punctuation in his career. He married Rita Patel in 1966, but the marriage did not last they were divorced in 1971. This period of his life was marked by both personal success and hardships. This was represented by such immortal hits as "Amar Prem" (1971), "Hare Rama Hare Krishna" (1971), "Seetha Aur Geeta" (1972), and "Sholay" (1975). The dawn of the 70s saw, RD Burman become Bollywood's most sought after music director. This brought him a number of successful films such as "Padosan" (1968) and "Waris" (1969). From this point on, he was well establish, and was able to be the music director for a number of major films. "Tesri Manzil" marked a major milestone in his career. From there his career was firmly launched. His first released film as a music director was Mehmood's "Chote Nawaab" (1961). His first film as music director was Guru Dutt's film "Raaz" ( 1959) unfortunately, this film was shelved in the middle of the project. He began assisting his father on films such as "Solva Saal" (1958), "Chalti Ka Naaam Gaadi" (1958), and "Kaagaz ka Phool" (1957). He was only nine years old when he composed his first song this was Aye Meri Topi Palat Ke Aa and his father used it in the film "Funtoosh" 1956). With such a musical environment, it is not surprising that he started to compose music very quickly. Furthermore after the family moved from Calcutta to Bombay, he started to learn sarod from the famous Ali Akbar Khan. Naturally there was the influence of growing up in his father's home, with constant music surrounding him. Another story has it that once when Ashok Kumar was visiting, the he kept saying "Pa Pa, Pa, Pa" and whereupon Ashok Kumar named him "Pancham". One story has it that as an infant, his crying reminded his parents of the fifth note of the Indian scale this is known as Pancham. There seems to be some disagreement as to how he acquired this nickname. His father was the legendary music director S.D. Burman was born in Calcutta on June 27th, 1939, in Calcutta. This style has influenced generations of music directors even to today. He was known for introducing an upbeat, Western copied music that defined much of the music of the 1970's. Burman, was a famous Bollywood music director during the 60's through the early 90's. > Biographies > This Page BIOGRAPHY OF R.D. It instantly became a hit and went on to posthumously win him his third and last Filmfare Award.Homepage > Misc. The music of the film released after the composer’s death. Anil Kapoor’s 1942: A Love Story became his last film that he composed music for. He received his first Filmfare Award nomination for Caravan. Later, he went on to compose several popular songs, which were sung by Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar. Burman composed music for around 40 films starring Rajesh Khanna. In the 1970s, Burman became highly popular with Kishore Kumar songs featured in Rajesh Khanna-starrer films. The composer, who would have turned 82 today, bagged his first hit film as a music director in 1966 with Shammi Kapoor’s Teesri Manzil. With a couple of his tracks such as “Mehbooba Mehbooba,” “Dum Maro Dum” or “Piya Tu Ab Toh Aaja”, he even made us groove to his tunes. Be it “Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi” or “Aap Ki Ankhon Mein”, with his music, RD Burman made us feel hurt, love and happiness all at once. His songs are still relevant and somehow continues to touch our hearts. Guwahati: Legendary late musician RD Burman made timeless music.