S.D. Burman was a legendary Music Composer in Film Industry who delivered timeless classics in Hindi and Bengali

S.D. Burman was a legendary Music Composer in Film Industry who delivered timeless classics in Hindi and Bengali
He belonged to a royal family.

SD Burman has composed some blockbuster classics for both Bengali and Hindi movies.

Notedly, some of the legendary music directors have enhanced Bollywood music with their compositions

The songs of these legends persists to garner a huge following and are enjoyed by both young and old alike. One such legend from the music industry was none other than SD Burman.

Sachinda as he was fondly addressed in Bollywood was son of the Maharaja of Tripura, Ishanchandra Manikya Dev Burman, and Princess of Manipur, Rajkumari Nirmala Devi. He embarked on his career as a singer when he was 20s by performing Bengali folk songs on Calcutta Radio Station. His first Bengali film released in 1935 was Sanjher Pidim ..He had also acted in this film. However, It took him a decade more to debut as a composer with the 1946 released film which featured Ashok Kumar and was also the debut movie of Kishore Kumar.

S.D. Burman was much fond of Kishore Kumar and often considered him as his son and was the first leading music director in Bollywood to trust Kishore’s voice and give him some good songs.

His last rehearsed song was Badi soni soni sung by Kishore Kumar for the film Mili after which he went into a coma and eventually breathed his last in Mumbai.

The legendary music director had a bad fallout with Lata Mangeshkar amid the 50s and collaborated with Asha Bhosle who later on emerged as his daughter-in-law by marrying Rahul Dev Burman.

Amid the early 60s, Lata Mangeshkar and SD patched up and went on to give some very big hits. Incidentally, he did not know Hindi and hence asked the lyricist to share the meaning of the song and then accordingly composed it.

He married Bengali singer Meera Dasgupta but never gave her a break in the film industry. She however used to manage all his funds and taxes.

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