R. D. Burman
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Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricists like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi and Gulzar, with whom he created some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman and his Bengali lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman.
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Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Rahul Dev Burman AKA Pancham was an Indian music director. Burman, commonly known as the "Music Scientist" and the "King of Bollywood Music" is considered to have been one of the greatest music composers of the Indian film industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films.
Known for
- Bhagat Singh The Real Hero2025
- Bhoot Bungla1965
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- India
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 1994
Discography
- Chhote Nawab1961
- Bhoot Bungla1965
- Pati Patni1966
- Teesri Manzil1966
- Baharon Ke Sapne1967
- Abhilasha1968
- Padosan1968
- Pyar Ka Mausam1968
- Waris1969
- Ehsan1970
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Kolkata
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Spouse
- Asha Bhosle
- Child
- Varsha Bhosle
- Father
- Sachin Dev Burman
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- RDBurman and Asha Bhosle MI'81.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1939-06-27
- date of death
- 1994-01-04
- Commons category
- Rahul Dev Burman
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- pseudonym
- Pancham
- related category
- Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman
- manner of death
- natural causes
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