Birthday Special: A walkthrough R D Burman's inspiring journey

27 Jun 2016 1:13 PM IST

R D Burman married Asha Bhosle in 1980 after getting divorced from Rita Patel in 1971.

Born on June 27, 1939, in Kolkata, R D Burman was the son of composer SD Burman.
Pancham Da died at the age of 54.
Eminent senior film journalist Chaitanya Padukone, who shared a personal rapport with the legendary R D Burman for nearly Ten years, has now authored his first book R D BurMania - PanchaMemoirs'.
On his 77th birthday, Google paid tribute to legendary music composer RD Burman with a doodle.
Many of his classics like O Mere Dil Ke Chain, Meri Bheegi Bheegi Si, Chura Liya Hai, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, O Majhi Re, etc are still cherished.
Pancham Da was famous for creating versatile music. He won three Filmfare Awards for Best Music Director.
He worked with renowned singers like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle (his wife).
He composed music for over 330 movies. In fact he started composing music for the movies at the age of nine.
RD Burman was considered as one of the most influential music director of Bollywood and was popularly known as Pancham Da.

Born on June 27, 1939, in Kolkata, R D Burman was the son of composer SD Burman.

R D Burman married Asha Bhosle in 1980 after getting divorced from Rita Patel in 1971.