First i’ld like to wish you all a very happy new year..............my computer got repaired today and its great to be back on MS.
Whenever I think of RD BURMAN, the only words that come to my mind are MUSICAL GENIUS, he was a magician of sorts, he revolutinised the world of MUSIC, the kind of music he made, created and gave was way ahead of his times, the kind of music that only he could make.I am one of RD BURMAN’s biggest fan, i almost worship the man for all his contribution to world of music, he is one reason I love music so much.I have almost all his albums, on cassette’s, CD’s, MP3’s, yet the collection is not complete coz he has given us so many beautiful songs, there are so many of his albums which were brilliant musically but because the films were not hits or known they went un-noticed, i have got hold of so many of such albums and my search is going on...............
I decided to write this review, as a tribute to the man who was so talented, gifted, who entertained us for so long with his music but who unfortunately died when he was just 55, when he still had to give so much to music lovers like us, today is when this great man left this world, and along with him was the end of the creative world of music..............how much he would have given had he been alive.But his music lives on, he is still adored by millions, all the remixes are a proof of how much people still love his music, there was a film DIL VIL PYAR VYAR where all his songs were used and the film JHANKAAR BEATS was dedicated to him where he was referred as BOSS.there was a sing in the film’’BOSS KAUN HAI, MALOOM HAI KYA’’which was written for RD BURMAAN, that speaks for his popularity and how much he is still is loved.
RD BURMAN was born on JUNE 27, 1939 and he was the only child of the legendrry musician SD BURMAN, he was popularly known as PANCHAM, he composed music for the first time for the film CHOTE NAWAB, followed by BHOOT BANGLA, which was a film directed by MEHMOOD and from there on he became a favourite with him, all the films of MEHMOOD had music by RDB..............and from there on started the journey of this man, who did not make it easily, he wasn’t taken very seriously in the beginning as a musician, he was accused of making only western music but it was only later that the genius of this man was realised by people all over................and later when he and GULZAR formed a team they made the most outstanding songs or melodies that ever could be..............and now that RD BURMAN is not alive, people say how great a musician he was, that he is incomparable, at that time also he was incomparable but people did not appreciate him or his music coz he was way ahead if his times in terms of orchestra, instrumentation, recordings, singing, his music, everything...............nobody could understand what he was making but now people say all sorts of good things about him, for me though he has always remained and will remain the greatest.................for me HE IS THE GOD OF MUSIC.
AS A MUSICIAN..................he gave some outstanding songs.He could compose all kind of songs, western , cabare, classical, love songs, sad, he mastered all.If he could compose a AAJA AAJA MAIN HO PYAR TERA OR MERI JA MAINE KAHA, he could also make a beautiful melody like IS MOD PE JAATE HAI, he could make a beautiful classical song like RAINA BEETI JAYA, a SAD SONG LIKE khalli haath shaam aayi hai OR A FUN SONG LIKE dhanno ki aankh main raat ka soorma..................he could do anything, he could compose music for any kind of abstract lyrics and make it sound beautiful, that was the talent of this man.
SOME OF RD BURMAN’s best albums..................TEESRI MANJIL, LOVE STORY, JAWANI DINWANI, IZAZZAT, AANDHI, NAMKEEN, AMAR PREM, JEEVA, BALIKE BAADHU, MASOOM, SUNNY, HARE RAMA HARE KRISHNA, HUM KISSI SE KUM NAHI, YAADON KI BARAAT, SITAMGAR, YEH VAADA RAHA, ZAMANE KO DIKHANA HAI, KAALIA, SHOLAY, KHOOBSOORAT, KINARA, KHUSBOO, 1942- A LOVE STORY, GHAR, KATI PATANG, SAAGAR, SANAM TERI KASAM, TERI KASAM...................to name just a few from so many of his albums.
SOME OF RD BURMAN’s best songs.......................JAANE JA DHHONDTA PHIR RAHA HO, RAHEN PE REHTE HAI, TUMNE MUJHE DEKHA HO KAR MEHARBAAN, KUCH TO LOG KAHE GE, ROJ ROJ AANKHON TALE, KATRA KATRA, PIYA BAWRI, MEHBOOBA MEHBOOBA, IS MOD PE JAATE HAI, TUJHSE NARAAZ NAHI, BEEGHI BHEEGI RAATON MAIN, BAHON MAIN CHALE AAO, CHURA LIYA HAI TUMNE, TUM KYA JANO, MAAG LOONGA MAIN TUJHE TAKDEER SE, TUMHE CHOD KE, KEH DO TUMHE, JAANE KYA SOCHKAR NAHI GUZRA, DUM MARO DUM, EK LADKI KO DEKHA................and a lot more from a ocean of his songs.
AS A SINGER..................he has also song quite a number of songs for his films as a music director.I loved his style of singing, very different voice and very creative way of singing which made it a very enjoyable experience for the listener.I just love MEHBOOBA MEHBOOBA from SHOLAY, DHANNO KI AANKH but my all time favourite RDB song as a singer is SAMUNDAR MAIN NAHAKE from PUKAR................great song, great singing and to think that he made a song out of lyrics like SAMUNDAR MAINM NAHAKE speaks volumes about the talent of this man.RD BURMAN ROCKS in one word.
HE WORKED THE BEST ................with ASHA BHOSLE, KISHOR KUMAR as singers, GULZAR as a lyricist, these four people created magic together...........some of the finest songs of RDB have been created with the contribution of these three people, who were great in their fields.MY FAVOURITE RDB-GULZAR combo song is TUJHSE NARAAZ NAHI ZINDAGI HARAIN HO MAIN and ASHA-KISHOR-RDB ’ld have to be JAANE JA DHOONDTA PHIR RAHA...............what gems.
RD BURMAN’s contribution to film music has been immense, its incomparable, he was the most original, creative , talented musician I have listened to....................nobody can replace him or come even close to the talent of this man, he is the BEST and will remain the BEST.WORDS fail me to express my feelings for the talent of this man, you have to listen to lhis music to realise that he was a genius, i have been listening to him the whole day, on radio, they have been playing his music the whole day as a tribute to him and that compelled me to write this review.......................RD BURMAN RULEZS!,