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Mumbai: Rahul Dev Burman, an Indian music actor and director, was born on June 27, 1939, in Kolkata, and today marks his 85th birth anniversary. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors in the Hindi film music industry. He is known to produce music from random items such as glass, sand paper, soda water bottles, etc.
In one of his films, ‘Yaadon ki Baraat’, he used two glasses to create music for the song ‘Chura liya hai tumne’. In another film, ‘Jamane ko dikhana hai’, he rubbed sand papers against each other to produce the sound of a train for the song ‘Tumse pyaar kon’.
In Gulzaar’s film ‘Kitaab’, he used school benches to create music for the song ‘Master ji ki chithhi’. To produce the music he played on school benches in his orchestra, in the film ‘Sholey’, he blows out air on the cap of a half-filled bottle to produce sound for the music ‘Mehbooba-Mehbooba’.
For these experiments, he is known as the ‘Scientist of music’. Music director and singer Somesh Mathur said, “Pancham Da was so keen on composing music that he didn’t see who was sitting near him. He was fond of doing experiments. He saw every singer from a different point of view, no matter if he was Gulzaar Sahab, Anand Bakshi, Mazrooh Sultanpuri, or any other.
He was able to understand every writer with his soul. According to the subject of the film, he used to suggest who would compose the song. According to the subject, he produced sounds. There were not any advanced technologies in television during his time. Still, he used to create new sounds, and everything he created was a wonder.
Songs from the film ‘1942: A Love Story’ were all super hits, but unfortunately, Burman was not alive to see his success. In 1988, R.D. Burman suffered a heart attack, for which he was taken to London for treatment. During treatment, Burman did not let go his first love for music, he continued with his work. On January 4, 1994, he died due to a heart attack.
