He also used a lot of folk music, not just from the North or Bengal, but from the South as well. That, I think, is what was special about him. When you think of Guide and you say, oh yes, she's ( Waheeda Rehman) doing this dance at this time or he ( Dev Anand) is sitting on the steps at this time. When you recall Dil Ka Bhawar Kare Pukar from Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, you know they ( Dev Anand and Nutan) are coming down the Qutub Minar. Most of his songs fit the situation so well that it is easy to remember not only the songs, but the scenes too. He was also careful about understanding the lyrics. He paid close attention to the scene, the heroine, the hero, what they were doing, why they were doing what they were doing and why they were singing at that moment. That was something he learnt with great difficulty. S D Burman's USP lay in the fact that he was close to the soil. He never forgot the fact that he was a prince. He didn't play the fool and he didn't go looking for work. She has written three other books - Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey, The Dark Side, Night Train and Other Stories and From Me To You: Writings On Love, Life and Learning.Įven as she works on her next book, a biography of the late Jagjit Singh, the former editor of Femina and DNA newspaper's Me magazine, shares glimpses from her journey with Savera R Someshwar/ Ĭan you explain, to today's audience, what a music director like Sachin Dev Burman was in his time? What did he mean to a film, to a singer, to the industry? The result is Sun Mere Bandhu Re: The Musical World of S D Burman.
So when someone handed her detailed research material on a platter, she could say no to writing a book on the legendary composer.Īs she sifted through the vast information at her disposal, she found herself taking a musical journey that helped her discover, anew, the iconic S D Burman. Often, she finds herself humming a song sung by the maestro. Image: Sachin Dev Burman with his son, Rahul Dev Burman.
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