R D Burman Essentials

R D Burman Essentials

Considered one of Bollywood’s seminal music directors, RD Burman was fondly known as “Pancham da”. His first hit as a music director was “Teesri Manzil”. His rise in the industry was meteoric as he stylishly mixed genres like rock and disco with Bengali folk music. He composed some of biggest hits sung by Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. The composer also experimented by capturing the sounds produced by knocking bamboo sticks together and by blowing into beer bottles. Delve into R.D. Burman’s legacy for pure listening pleasure.

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