Burman, S. D.
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BURMAN, S. D.
Composer and Musical Director. Nationality: Indian. Born: Kumar (Prince) Sachin Dev Burman in Comilla (now in Bangladesh), 1 October 1906. Education: Graduated from Calcutta University; studied Indian classical music with Bhishmadev Chatterjee, Badal Khan, Alauddin Khan, and others. Career: Served in the court of Maharaja of Tripura; 1932—radio singer on Calcutta station; also made popular recordings of East Bengal folk songs; 1934—small singing role in Urdu film Selima ; 1937—first film as musical director, Rajgi ; 1944—settled in Bombay; 1945—composed first songs for film, Shikari ; compiled collection of Indian folk songs. Awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi (Academy of Music and Plays) award, 1957; President of India Padmashree award, 1969; India National Film award for Aradhana, 1969; Zindagi, Zindagi, 1972. Died: In Bombay, 31 October 1977.
Films as Composer and Musical Director:
- 1937
Rajgi (mus d only)
- 1945
Shikari
- 1946
Aath Din
- 1947
Chittor Vijay ; Dil Ki Rani ; Do Bhai
- 1948
Vidya
- 1949
Kamal ; Shabnam
- 1950
Asfar ; Mashal ; Pyar
- 1951
Baaji ; Bahar ; Ek Naujawan ; Sazaa
- 1952
Jaal ; Lal Kunwar
- 1953
Arman ; Babla ; Jeewan Jyoti ; Shahen Shah
- 1954
Angarey ; Chalis Baba Ek Chor ; Radha Krishna ; Taxi Driver
- 1955
Davdas ; House No. 44 ; Madh Bhare Nain ; Munimji ; Society
- 1956
Funtoosh
- 1957
Miss India ; Nao Do Egarah ; Paying Guest ; Pyasaa
- 1958
Chalti Ka Naam Gaddi ; Kala Pani ; Lajwanti ; Sitaron Se Aagey ; Solva Saal
- 1959
Insaan Jag Utha ; Kaagaz Ke Phool
- 1960
Apna Haath Jaganath ; Bombai Ka Babu ; Bewaqoof ; Ek Ke Baad Ek ; Kala Bazar ; Manzil ; Miya Bibi Raji
- 1962
Baat Ek Raat Ki ; Dr. Vidya ; Naughty Boy
- 1963
Bandini ; Meri Soorat ; Teri Ankhen ; Tere Ghar Ke Saamne
- 1964
Benazir ; Kaise Kahoon ; Ziddi
- 1965
The Guide ; Teen Deviyan
- 1967
Jewel Thief
- 1969
Aradhana ; Jyoti ; Talash
- 1970
Ishq par Zor Nahin ; Prem Pujari
- 1971
Gambler ; Naya Zamana ; Sharmeelee ; Tere Mere Sapne
- 1972
Anuraag ; Yeh Gulistan Hamara ; Zindagi Zindagi
- 1973
Abhiman ; Chhupa Rustam ; Jugnu ; Phagun
- 1974
Prem Nagar ; Sagina ; Us Paar
- 1975
Chupke Chupke ; Mili
- 1976
Arjun Pandit ; Baroon ; Deewanjee
- 1977
Tyaag
Films as Actor:
- 1934
Selima
- 1935
Bidrohi
Publications
On BURMAN: articles—
Rangoonwalla, Feroze, in Screen (Bombay), 4 August 1978.
Rangoonwalla, Feroze, in Screen (Bombay), 11 August 1978.
Ragendran, Girija, in Screen (Bombay), 27 October 1978.
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S. D. Burman migrated to Bombay early in his singing career (1944) and soon climbed to the top, despite the city's cut-throat competition. Burman stayed in Bombay for more than three decades, but he continued to hold Bengal dear and it is from there that he drew his creative sustenance. His childhood exposure to the vast paddy fields and swollen, serpentine rivers of East Bengal and to the folk music of Chittagong and Comilla influenced his slightly nasal, long-drawn style of singing, evoking mood and landscape. His name on a cinema poster or advertisement was enough to guarantee box-office success in the 1950s and beyond.
Burman sang or wrote the music for over 500 songs in Hindi films from Bombay alone, in addition to his numerous recordings in Calcutta and Bombay, and though he amassed a fortune, he remained a humble, unassuming man all his life. His fame in Bombay did not rest on orchestration like Anil Biswas's or on using Indian classical music like Naushad, but on giving haunting and inimitable tunes, rather like Hemanta Mukherjee, to the work of such lyricists as Gopal Singh Nepali, Harikrishna "Premi," Y. N. Joshi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, "Madhukar," Anjum Pilibhiti, Prem Dhavan, Qamar Jalalabadi, Narendra Sharma, Rajendra Krishna, Shahir Ludhianvi, Shailendra, Kaifi Azmi, P. L. Santoshi, S. Athaiya, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Gulzar, Hasrat, Shakeel Badayuni, Anand Bakshi, Neeraj, Vijay Anand, Fani Badayuni, and Yogesh.
S. D. Burman's memory will be preserved among millions of his admirers through his lilting tunes, whether it was a melancholy Bhatiali of East Bengal or a love song in an indifferent Hindi film. His tunes transcend space and time and transport a listener to a milieu of romance or nostalgia. He took five to six days to decide a tune, test and retest it, before going ahead with the composition. No wonder they abide.
—Bibekananda Ray
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