S D Burman was born on 1 October 1906, in Comilla, British India, now in Bangladesh, to Rajkumari Nirmala Devi, princess of Manipur and Nabadwipchandra Dev Burm. Read More Songs. Explore releases and tracks from S. Burman at Discogs. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from S. Burman at the Discogs Marketplace.
India has seen many celebrated music directors till date but no one could churn out as soulful tunes as Sachin Dev Burman. He composed music for over 100 movies in Hindi and Bengali. His songs spoke of a Bengali folk influence, with light semi-classical tunes, which made the songs full of life and so soothing!
He was the only music composer who worked with both Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi, two of the greatest singers of India, in almost an equal number of songs. Some of his classics include 'Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Man Mera', 'Chanda Hain Tu Mera Suraj Hain Tu', 'Badi Sooni Sooni' etc. Sachin Dev Burman was born on this day in 1975.
On his birth anniversary, let us look at 10 lesser known facts about Sachin Dev Burman:
1. Besides composing, Sachin 'Karta' (his nickname in the music industry) has also lent his voice to 14 Hindi and 13 Bengali film songs.
2. Burman comes from a royal background. His father Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman was from the royal family of Tripura while his mother was from the royal family of Manipur.
3. Bengal's revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was a close acquaintance of his family. He would stay with the Burmans in their Comilla residence. Burman has also sang four songs composed by Nazrul.
4. In the late 1920s, Sachin Dev Burman used to worked as a radio singer on Calcutta Radio Station.
5. His first record (that was the pre-album era) came out for Hindustan Records in 1932.
6. In 1934, he won a gold medal to Bengal Music Conference in Kolkata for his thumri rendition. Rabindranath Tagore inaugurated the event.
7. His first major hit in Hindi songs came with the song 'Mera Sundar Sapna Beet Gaya' sung by Geeta Dutt in the movie Do Bhai in 1947.
8. Within a decade of being in Mumbai, Burman was fed up with the materialistic point of view of the industry. He decided to go back to Kolkata but changed his mind and stayed back.
9. For the song 'Mere Sapnon Ki Raani' in the movie Aradhana (1969), SD asked his son Rahul Dev Burman to play the famous mouth organ tune.
10. After rehearsing for one of the most famous songs of his life, 'Badi Sooni Sooni' sung by Kishore Kumar for Mili, Burman went into coma and sadly, did not recover.
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About S.D. Burman
Aesthetically and culturally inclined toward Bengali music, S.D. Burman started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Later composing for Hindi movies, he was known as the official composer for Dev Anand's films, and this collaboration was one of the most memorable and fruitful composer-actor partnerships in Indian films. He also possessed a uniquely thin yet gruff voice, and was credited with reducing the emphasis on orchestration in Indian film music. Sachin Dev Burman was born in the royal family of Tripura and moved to Agartala at the age of 15. After moving to Kolkata following graduation from school, Burman received music guidance from various luminaries of the time, the most prominent being sarod maestro Ustad Allauddin Khan. Burman started composing for Bengali films like Jeevan Sangini, Matir Ghar, and Rajashri. He began his Bombay career with Shikari and later went on to compose hit music for Do Bhai, Shabnam, and Aath Din. Dev Anand and Burman collaborated during the 1950s, with successful music for Taxi Driver, Munimji, Afsar, Ghar Number 44, Funtoosh, Kalabazar, Paying Guest, Nau Do Gyarah, and Kalapani. Burman also composed for the highly celebrated film director Guru Dutt for Pyaasa, Baazi, Jaal, and Kaagaz ke Phool during this time. In the 1960s Burman composed some of his best commercial music, the most notable being Guide, Bandini, Aradhana, and Teen Deviyan. ~ Bhasker Gupta
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