Sachin Dev Burman
Sachin Dev Burman (also popularly and lovingly called Burman Da and sachin kaka ) was a legendary music composer and singer who skillfully blended his expertise in Indian classical music with a deep understanding of Bengali and northeastern folk music. The music he composed for major films left a lasting influence on Hindi and Bengali cinema.
Burman Da was born on Ist,October, 1906, at Cumilla ( now in bangladesh) into the hindu princely family of Tripura. His father, Nabadwip Chandra Dev Burman ( a poet, painter and sculptor) was the son of the king ( Raja) of Tripura and his mother Rajkumari Nirmala Devi, hailed from the royal family of Manipur .
Burman Da received his first musical training from two of his family’s household helpers—Madhav, who would sing passages from Shri Ramayan to him and from another help who would sing bhatiali songs ( a type of folk music from Bangladesh) with an instrument called dotara (a stringed instrument used in Bengali folk music). Burman’s father besides being a poet, painter and sculptor, was an accomplished sitar player and was his first formal music teacher.
Burman Da passed his intermediate examination in 1922 from Comilla and after graduation from Comilla Victoria College in 1924, he moved to Kolkata to pursue a M.A degree in the University of Calcutta. It was here at Calcutta that he learnt intricacies of music under K.C. Dey, the renowned devotional singer and uncle of the famous singer Manna Dey.
Burman Da later learnt North Indian classical music from masters like Bhishmadev Chatopadhya and others .
He built his house at southend park, calcutta and married his student-the singer Meera Dasgupta on 10.2.1938 that deprived him the royal heritage due to objections as Meera was not from royal background . Their son, Rahul Dev Burman ( RDBurman) who would become a highly renowned music director and singer, was born on 27.6.1939.
Burman Da began his career, as a singer at All India Radio ,Calcutta. His first music record was released by Hindusthan Records and sang several Bengali songs in succession.
What makes his musical style different is the graceful blend of the rusticity of folk music and the elegance of indian classical music. He composed songs that were characterized by fullness, spirit and unconventional approach in both form and content.
He had a unique style of composing film songs. While most of the composers used a harmonium or piano to compose the tune, he would compose tunes using rhythm such as clapping hands .
Burman Da worked as a music director in Calcutta until 1944, after which he shifted to Bombay where he got a major break through in film Do Bhai दो भाई of 1947 with it’s famous song “ Mera sundar sapna beet gaya मेरा सुंदर सपना बीत गया “sung by geeta dutt .
Soon he established himself as an innovative film composer with an exceptional sensitivity to the then demands of the hindi film industry .
His music enhanced the power of the visuals; a clear example is the very famous song “Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye toh kya hai यह दुनिया अगर मिल भी जाए तो क्या है “ in film Pyaasa प्यासा (1957) performed on-screen by famous actor Guru Dutt.
At Bombay, Burman Da built a special relationship with Navketan films of Chetan and Devanand and did most of his music work for their films in 1950s and 1960s such as Taxi Driver (1954), Paying Guest (1957), Nau do gyara ( 1957) ,kala Pani (1958) , Guide (1965), Jewel Thief (1967) and Prem pujari (1970 ) .
He also composed music for Guru Dutt’s famous films such as Baazi (1951, Jaal (1952; and Kaagaz ke phool (1959 ) and Bimal Roy’s productions such as Devdas (1955), Sujata (1960) and Bandini (1963) . Film Sujata’s song “ jaltey hain jiskey Liye जलते हैं जिसके लिए “ became very popular.
His other hits were House No. 44 (1955), Funtoosh (1956), and Solva Saal (1958) , ziddi (1964), teen devian( 1965) .
Burman Da’s long professional relation with singer Kishore Kumar yielded countless musically hit songs in films such as Munimji (1955), Nau do gyarah (1957 and Prem pujari .
Burman Da made an effortless transition to the modern era of film music with the hugely popular music and songs of super hit film Aradhana (1969) although he had successfully experimented with Western sounds in films such as Chalti ka naam gaadi (1958) .
His other classic music compositions were in film Prem Pujari (1970), Tere Mere Sapne (1971), Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970) Sharmeelee (1971) Prem Nagar (1974) and Sagina (1974).
The great achievement of the last years of his life was his music composition for Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Abhimaan (1973) followed by film Chupke chupke (1975) and Mili (1975).
He loved the city of kolkata and its deep cultural roots. He loved Football and happened to be a Diehard supporter of East Bengal Team.
Burman Da after being in coma for a few days , finally passed away on 31.19.1975 at Mumbai .
Music lovers will ever remember Sachin Dev Burman Saheb .
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Six stars
Sachin Dev Burman was not only a distinguished music composer but was a perfect classical singer himself . In 1932, he had begin singing for the Calcutta radio station. It was there that he became famous for his singing performances in Bengali, Tripuri folk music and light classical music. It was also in this year that he released his first recording. Over the next few years he sang and released 131 hit Bengali songs . Sachin Da had immersed himself in music right from his childhood . He together with his domestic helps would move with , Fishermen , Baul singers ,Batiyali singers , Vaishnav singers, farmers , shephards and other village singing troupes and would sing and dance with them and learn their Music and would smoke from their Hookaah . This is how Sachin Da collected a treasure of Folk Tunes . later he learnt Dhrupad and Khayal ख्याल from Shyamcharan Datta , Thumri ठुमरी from Amiya Nath sanyal , Rabindra sangeet from Himangshu Datta and Banarasi style of Thumri from Shyam lal kshetriya . Many of his top film songs have strains of Rabindra sangeet .He also learnt Dhapkirtan धाप कीर्तन , a variety of devotional singing with slow dance movements . He was also a Dhrupad ध्रुपद singer .Burman Da was heavily inspired by folk music and the nature and about it , he once told “ I do my best to give folk it’s due. Besides I make use of folk in songs that are romantic, tender and susceptible to a refined serenity. The basic virtue of folk music is its tendency to mingle joy and sorrow in the same tone and that makes it an asset par excellence to a music composer. A good amount of my achievements are due to folk music and it’s Bhatiali aspect which is something special to me . Bhatiali of a particular area has it’s local gift and colours, it is the song of the rivers besides it is also about love whether of the common peasants or of Radha and Krishn and it’s mood can vary from light romanticisms to philosophic melancholy.”
Can any one forget the following songs of Sachin Da and the style in which they were sung :-
1. Meri Duniya hai Maa Tere Aanchal mein मेरी दुनिया है माँ तेरे आँचल में .
2. Sun Mere Bandhu Re Sun merey Mitva सुन मेरे बंधु रे सुन मेरे मितवा
3. Allah Megh de Paani de अल्लाह मेघ दे पानी दे
4. wahaan kaun hai Tera वहाँ कौन है तेरा ( film -guide 1965 )
5. O Re Majhi mere sajan hain us par ओ री माझी मेरे साजन हैं उस पार ( film -Bandani 1963) ,
6. Safal ho gi teri Aradhana सफल होगी तेरी आराधना ( film -Aradhana 1969)
and so many more .
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SDBurman saheb achieved numerous awards during his illustrious career towards his contributions that shaped the landscape of Indian cinema music .The particulars are as under :-
1.In 1934 he won Gold Medal at Bengal All India Music Conference, Calcutta
2.In 1955 he won the award for best music director for film -Taxi Driver
3. In 1958 he won Sangeet Natak Akademi Award- country’s highest honors in music and performing arts,
4.1964: He won Sant Haridas Award
5.In 1973 he won another Filmfare Award for best music director for film -Abhimaan.
6.Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (BFJA) awards :-
He received five of these awards as under :-
1965: Best Music for film Teen Devian
1966: Best Music for film Guide
1966: Best Male Playback Singer for film -Guide
1969: Best Music for film – Aradhana
1973: Best Music award for film- Abhimaan
7.Padma Shri Award
In 1969 he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government for his
exceptional service in the field of music and art.
8.A postal stamp in his honour was issued by the govt in the year-2007.
Further, It is also said that famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was so named by his father – an ardent fan of Sachin dev Burman .The first biography of SD Burman in English titled “Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman” was written by HQ Chowdhury
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1.एक लड़की भीगी-भागी सी / सोती रातों में जागी सी / मिली एक अजनबी से / कोई आगे, ना पीछे / तुम ही कहो, ये कोई बात है
2.मेरे सपनों की रानी
कब आएगी तू ,
आई रुत मस्तानी कब आयेगी तू
3.तेरी बिंदिया रे , रे आय हाय
तेरी बिंदिया रे
सजन बिंदिया ले लेगी तेरी
निंदिया रे
4. खोया-खोया चांद, खुला आसमां
आँखों में सारी रात जाएगी
तुमको भी कैसे नींद आएगी,
5.ये दिल ना होता बेचारा, कदम ना होते आवारा
जो खूबसुरत कोई अपना हमसफ़र होता
6.पिया तोसे नैना लागे रे, नैना लागे रे, जाने क्या हो अब आगे रे
7.तेरे-मेरे मिलन की ये रैना
नया कोई गुल खिलाएगी
तभी तो चंचल हैं तेरे नैना
8.खिलते हैं गुल यहाँ, खिलके बिखरने को ,
मिलते हैं दिल यहाँ, मिलके बिछडने को
9.आसमां के नीचे, हम आज अपने पीछे प्यार का जहां बसा के चले
10.गुनगुना रहे हैं भँवरें, खिल रही है कली गली
11.शोखियों में घोला जाये फूलों का शबाब उस में फिर मिलाई जाये थोड़ीसी शराब होगा यूँ नशा जो तैय्यार वो प्यार है
12.कोरा कागज़ था ये मन मेरा
लिख लिया नाम इसपे तेरा
13.काँटों से खींच के ये आँचल तोड़ के बंधन बांधे पायल
कोई न रोको दिल की उड़ान को दिल वो चला हा हा हा हा (आज फिर जीने की तमन्ना है )
14.गाता रहे मेरा दिल, तू ही मेरी मंज़िल,
कहीं बीतें न ये रातें, कहीं बीतें न ये दिन –
15.हाल कैसा है जनाब का क्या ख़याल है आपका तुम तो मचल गए, ओ-ओ-ओ यूँ ही फिसल गए, आ-आ-आ
16.आज मदहोश हुआ जाए रे, मेरा मन, मेरा मन, मेरा मन बिना ही बात मुस्कुराये रे, मेरा मन, मेरा मन, मेरा मन
17.सर जो तेरा चकराए या दिल डूबा जाए आजा प्यारे पास हमारे काहे घबराए काहे घबराए
18.हम आपकी आँखों में इस दिल को बसा दें, तो
19.वहाँ कौन है तेरा, मुसाफ़िर, जायेगा कहाँ
दम लेले घड़ी भर,
ये छैयां पायेगा कहाँ
वहां हौन है तेरा
20.जाने वो कैसे लोग थे जिनके प्यार को प्यार मिला
हमने तो जब कलियाँ माँगी काँटों का हार मिला
21.माना जनाब ने पुकारा नहीं
क्या मेरा साथ भी गंवारा नहीं
मुफ़्त में बनके, चल दिये तन के, वल्लाह जवाब तुम्हारा नहीं
22.चंदा है तू, मेरा सूरज है तू
ओ मेरी आँखों का तारा है तू
जीती हूँ मैं बस तुझे देखकर
इस टूटे दिल का सहारा है तू
23.छोड़ दो आँचल जमाना क्या कहेगा
इन अदाओं का जमाना भी है दीवाना,
दीवाना क्या कहेगा ?
24.सुन मेरे बंधू रे, सुन मेरे मितवा सुन मेरे साथी रे
होता तू पीपल,
मैं होती अमर लता तेरी
तेरे गले माला बन के पड़ी मुस्काती रे सुन मेरे साथी रे
25.ओ रे माँझी, ओ रे माँझी मेरे साजन हैं उसपार,
मैं मन मार हूँ इस पार
ओ मेरे माँझी अब की बार ले चल पार, ले चल पार
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