BOSS yehi tha…

Last week was this genius artiste’s birthday and I though it would have been apt to pay my respects for all the excellent work he has done for us by putting up an article on the FiteKlub.This genius was born on (27-June). He was known to the world as Rahul Dev Burman (RDB). He was also called Pancham, pancham’da for obvious reasons. I call him artist because he was good in whatever he did, be it composing, singing or acting. His talent towards music was spotted early by his father Sachin Dev Burman (wao Sachin and Rahul in the same family) and amongst his first work was the mouthorgan he did for the song “hai aapna dil to awara…(from the movie Solva Saal).”, which went on to top the charts in the year 1958.

In the year 1961, RDB was offered his first movie by the yesteryear comedian Mehmood.The movie didn’t perform all that well, but Mehmood gauged the ability of RDB and offered him his next movie not only as an Composer, but also as an actor in the movie Bhoot Bangla.

His colossal talent is apparent from the wide variety of music he has composed from the sixties to the nineties. He brought about some kind of revelation in the music scene when he deviated from the regular dholaks, tablas, harmoniums and those music created by making the horse run to guitars, drums etc.He was a true Rock Star.

He was brilliant in what he did, but I must say here that he did have some talented singers with him.The likes of Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle were at their peak when RDB was growing as a composer. The wide variety of his music was a treat to the ear.

Some of his most memorable numbers being…

Chura liya hain tume
Mehbooba Mehbooba
Ek ladki ko dekha
Meri soni meri tamanna
Gulaabi Aankhen (The bass guitar was first introduced to Indian music)
O Mere Sona re sona (The synthesizer was first introduced to Indian music)
Hum bewafa hargiz
Tujhse Naraaz nahin jindagi
Ik din bik jaayega
Aanewala Pal
Chehra hain ya
Jeevan ke har mod pe
Do lafzon ki hain
Khatooba
Hamen tumse pyaar kitna
Rim ghim gire sawaan
Dum Maro Dum
Musafir hoon yaaro
Lekar hum
Ye ladka haay allah
Jindagi ke safar mein
Tere bina jeeya jaaye na
Tere bina jindagi se koi
Is mod se jaate hain
O Maajhi re…..Oh the list is endless………………


My Favorite song remains to be "Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna" sung by Kishore Kumar and composed by R D Burman.

I am an ardent fan of Kishore Kumar and I adore all his work. But, it would be right to say that RDB and Kishore were what they are because of each other, not to forget the contributions of Asha Bhosle.

I just adore these three versatile artists…

-GAG