A tribute to the music maestro Sachin da

Sachin Dev Burman was one of the greatest music composers of his time, we remember his golden journey that he travelled along with people like Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy, Lata Mangeshkar et al.SD Burman, born on 1st October 1906, is still remembered for his soulful compositions.He weaved his musical magic in Bimal Roy's film Sujata.The musical genius composed music for more than 100 movies, including Bengali films. He was also a singer. 

SD Burman's compositions have been mainly sung to a large extent by Lata, Rafi,Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle and Shamshad Begum. Mukesh and Talat Mahmood have also sung songs composed by him.
As a music composer, he started with Bengali plays, Sati Tirtha and Janani and eventually gave his first score in the film, Rajgee in 1937. His second film Rajkumarer Nirbashan (1940) became a superhit.
In 1949, came Shabnam, his biggest hit with Filmistan, especially noticeable for its multi-lingual hit song Yeh Duniya Roop ki Chor, by Shamshad Begum, which became a rage in those days.
In 1950s SD Burman teamed up with Dev Anand's Nav Ketan Productions to create musical hits and their first film was Afsar and later like Taxi Driver (1954), Munimji (1955), Paying Guest (1957), Nau Do Gyarah (1957), Kalapani (1958), Guide (1965), Prem Pujari (1970) etc.
With the success of their second film, Baazi (1951) he made it to the top and a long association with Navketan and Dev Anand was on its way.
He also wrote music for Guru Dutt classics - Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959).The soundtrack of Devdas (1955) was also composed by him. House No. 44 (1955), Funtoosh (1956), and Solva Saal (1958) were other hits of Burman.
In 1959 came Sujata, a masterpiece by Bimal Roy, and SD created magic again with Jalte hai jiske liye by Talat Mamood.

In 1958, Burman gave music for Kishore Kumar's house production Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, the same year he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Music direction, and remains the only music director to have won the prestigious award.
Enjoy this song composed by Sachin da in the film Guide.

Hats off to SD Burman !!

(Collection by Pappula Surendranath, High Court Advocate, Hyderabad)