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Sachin Dev Burman

Indian composer and singer (1906-1975)

S. D. Burman was born into the royal house of Tripura and trained in Bengali folk and classical music before becoming one of the two or three composers who defined the sound of Hindi cinema. He scored Guru Dutt's Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool, Bimal Roy's Devdas and Sujata, and Navketan's Guide, Jewel Thief and Taxi Driver. He also sang - a thin, reedy, unmistakable voice he used sparingly. Sharmilee was among his last scores; he died in 1975. His son R. D. Burman reshaped the same industry a generation later.

What made him unmistakable was where he took his melodies from: the boatmen's songs of east Bengal and the hill music of Tripura, dropped into a film idiom without being smoothed out first. He sang too, perhaps a dozen times in a career of a hundred films - a thin, cracked, almost untrained voice he saved for the moments he wanted to sound like nobody else. He worked with Guru Dutt, with Bimal Roy, and for two decades with Dev Anand's Navketan; his son R. D. Burman then rebuilt the same industry on entirely different principles.

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Songs

41 recordings in this catalogue.

1. Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina — music · Abhimaan (1973)
2. Meet Na Mila Re Man Ka — music · Abhimaan (1973)
3. Ab To Hai Tumse Har Khushi Apni — music · Abhimaan (1973)
4. Teri Bindiya Re — music · Abhimaan (1973)
5. Piya Bina Piya Bina — music · Abhimaan (1973)
6. Loote Koi Man Ka Nagar — music · Abhimaan (1973)
7. Nadiya Kinare — music · Abhimaan (1973)
Doli Mein Bithai Ke — sang · Amar Prem (1972)
Tere Nainon Ke Main Deep Jalaoonga — music · Anuraag (1972)
Ram Kare Babua — music · Anuraag (1972)
Neend Churayi Chain Churaye — music · Anuraag (1972)
Sun Ri Pawan Pawan Purbaiya — music · Anuraag (1972)
Maine Kaha Phoolon Se — music · Mili (1975)
Badi Sooni Sooni Hai — music · Mili (1975)
Aaye Tum Yaad Mujhe — music · Mili (1975)
Choron Ko Sare Nazar Aate Hai Chor — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Naya Zamana Aayega — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Duniya O Duniya — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
O Champa O Chameli — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Wah Re Naujawan Aaj Kal Ke — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Chalta Phirta Hotel — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Rama Rama Ghajab Huyi Gawa Re — music · Naya Zamana (1971)
Kab Maane O Dil Ke Mastane — music · Phagun (1973)
Bedardi Ban Gaye — music · Phagun (1973)
Piya Sang Khelo Hori Phagun Aayo Re — music · Phagun (1973)
Laali Mere Laal Ki Jit Dekhoo Tit Laal — music · Phagun (1973)
Sandhya Jo Aaye — music · Phagun (1973)
Mero To Girdhar Gopal — music · Phagun (1973)
2. Megha Chhaye Aadhi Raat — music · Sharmilee
3. O Meri Sharmilee — music · Sharmilee
4. Kaise Kahen Hum — music · Sharmilee
6. Reshmi Ujala Hai Makhmali Andhera — music · Sharmilee
7. Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaye Re — music · Sharmilee
Teri Surat Se Nahi Milati — music · Ziddi (1964)
Pyar Ki Manzil Mast Safar — music · Ziddi (1964)
Janu Kya Mera Dil Ab Kaha — music · Ziddi (1964)
Champakali Dekho Jhuk Hi Gayi Re — music · Ziddi (1964)
Main Tere Pyar Me Kya Kya Na Bana — music · Ziddi (1964)
Pyar Ki Aag Mein Tan Badan Jal Gaya — music · Ziddi (1964)
Raat Ka Sama Jhume Chandrama — music · Ziddi (1964)
Yeh Meri Zindagi Ek Pagal Hawa — music · Ziddi (1964)

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Family

R. D. Burman
Father and son, and between them the two largest bodies of work in this catalogue: 15 films scored by S. D. Burman and 82 by R. D. - Devdas, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Guide and Aradhana on one side, Padosan, Benaam, Shehzada and Mahaan on the other.