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R.D. Burman made his acting debut in Mehmood's
'Bhoot Bangla'. Later in 'Pyar Ka Mausam' too he gave a hilarious
performance as Mr. Popat Lal.
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Pancham introduced the twin track effect in
'Baharon Ke Sapne'. which he later used to create the mesmerizing
'qatra qatra miltee hai' (Ijaazat) and a few more songs.
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He also pioneered the use of electronic organ
in Indian Films with the song 'O mere Sona re' (Teesri Manzil).
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RD was, as Gulzar says, as good a craftsman
as he was a musician. He picked the sounds for his songs from
very indigenous sources.
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In 'Chura liya' he used the sound of a spoon
hitting a glass .
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For the Kitaab song 'Master jee kee aa gayee
chiTThee' he brought some desks from a classroom in the studio
while recording and used them as percussion.
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In Abdullah he used the sound of a bamboo
whistle with a balloon tied to it for a song.
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Once to get the sound of raindrops, he spent
a whole rainy night in his house's balcony recording the sound
he wanted.
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In the song 'O Manjhi Re' from the movie
'Khushboo', R.D. Burman used bottles with water filled at
different levels and created a hollow sound by blowing into
them and this sound effect was used with the orchestra.
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During the recording of 'Hum donoN do premee'
(Ajnabee) the musicians were on strike. So he improvised the
song with emptied-out musical interludes and just listen the
song!
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The mouth organ played in the song 'Hai Apna
Dil To Awara' sung by Hemant Kumar in the film 'Solva Saal'
is played by R.D. Burman himself.
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R.D. Burman played the mouth organ for his
friends Laxmikant-Pyarelal in a song in 'Dosti' and also in
a movie for Kalyanji-Anandji.
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Dada Burman used Pancham's tune 'ai meree topee
palat ke aa' in 'Fantoosh'. Pancham was only 9 when he composed
the tune.
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Again next year, for Pyaasa, SD used his son's
'Sar Jo Tera Chakraaye', which became a big hit.
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Both Lata and Bhupinder won a National award
for the song 'Beeti Na Bitaayee Raina' from 'Parichay', and
this song was composed in a hotel room in no time.
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Aarti Mukherjee won a National award for the
song 'Do Naina Ek Kahaani' from 'Masoom'.
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Gulzar (best lyricist), Asha Bhosle (best female
singer) won National awards for the song 'Mera Kuchh Samaan'
from Ijaazat.
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RDB was the first to introduce the Brazilian
bossa nova rhythm in Hindi film music - the song was "Maar dalega
dard-e-jigar", sung by Asha, in "Pati Patni". That rhythm has
since been endlessly used for film music. (contributed by Chandrashekhar,
UAE)
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R.D. Burman won the Filmfare Award only 3 times
(Sanam Teri Kasam, Masoom, 1942-A Love Story) while being nominated
16 times for the award.
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Amit Kumar, Abhijeet & Shabbir Kumar were given
their first breaks by Pancham.
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Jatin of Jatin-Lalit used to be in Pancham's
children's choir.
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Nasir Hussain, for the first time after Teesari
Manzil, did not sign R.D. Burman, in 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'.
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In July 1968, when presenting the Vividh Bharati
Program Jaimala, Pancham played the following songs :
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kajre badarwa re (Pati Patni), Lata
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O ganga maiyya paar laga de (Chandan Ka Palna),
Lata
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sharaabee sharaabee mera naam ho gaya (Chandan
ka Palna), Lata
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chunree saMbhaal goree (Baharon Ke Sapne),
Lata
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mere saamne waalee khiD.kee meiN (Padosan),
Kishore
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ghar aaja ghir aaye (Chhote Nawaab), Lata
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kahna hai kahna hai (Padosan), Lata
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In Decemeber 1971 again in Jaimala Pancham
played these compositions of his own:
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Ye jo mohabbat hai (Kati Patang), Kishore
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O hasina zulfoN waalee (Teesri Manzil), Asha-Rafi
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Gulaabee aankheiN jo teree dekhee (The Train),
Rafi
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Jogee o jogee pyaar meiN kya hoga (Lakhon
Mein Ek), Lata-Kishore
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Aao twist kareiN (Bhoot Bangla), Manna Dey-Chorus
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I Love You (Hare Rama Hare Krishna), Usha
Iyyer-Asha
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Matwaalee aankhoN waale (Chhote Nawaab),
Lata-Rafi
Courtesy - panchamonline.com
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