RD Burman - Rahul Dev Barman - Hindi Music Composer

Rahul Dev Burman commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham Da or simply Pancham, was one of the great music composers of Bollywood. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera. He is credited with revolutionizing the music in Hindi films, and his style and techniques continue to be followed by the composers of today.

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He started independent music composing for long. Out of his 331 released movies 292 were in Hindi, 31 in Bangla, 3 in Telugu, two each in Tamil & Oriya and one in Marathi. RD also composed for five TV Serials in Hindi and Marathi. He also scored a large number of non-film songs in Bangla (also known as Pooja songs or modern songs), which are available in different albums. He did a song for a small documentary film called Maa Ki Pukaar, in 1975. Burman did playback in eighteen movies he composed. He was famous for unique, grunting bass singing style. He also acted in the film Bhoot Bungla (1965) and Pyar Ka Mausam (1967).

He also used some of the popular western songs to compose his own tunes. One of his hit songs "Mehbooba Mehbooba" is inspired from the song "Say You Love Me" by the Greek singer Demis Roussos

R D Burman started his career as assistant to his father, Sachin Dev Burman. He assisted his father in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), and his first music interlude, in his father composition, was for the song, Jaane Kya Tune Kahi, sung by Geeta Dutt, for film Pyaasa (1957). His first film as a music director was Guru Dutt's Raaz (1959). However the film was shelved after some shooting and recording of few songs.

Filmography of RD Burman

• 1942: A Love Story (1994)
• Aandhi (1975)
• Aap Ki Kasam (1974)
• Agar tum Na hote (1983)
• Amar Prem (1972)
• Apna Desh (1972)
• Betaab (1983)
• Buddha Mil Gaya (1971)
• Caravan (1971)
• Gol Maal (1979)
• Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972)
• Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977)
• Ijaazat (1987)
• Jawani Diwani (1972)
• Kati Patang (1971)
• Khushboo (1975)
• Love Story (1981)
• Manzil (1979)
• Masoom (1983)
• Mela (1971)
• Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972)
• Padosan (1968)
• Parichay (1972)
• Pyar Ka Mausam (1969)
• Raampur Ka Lakshman (1972)
• Rocky (1981)
• Saagar (1985)
• Sanam Teri kasam (1982)
• Satte Pe Satta ( 1984)
• Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
• Sholay (1975)
• Sitamgar (1985)
• Teesri Manzil (1966)
• Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973)