Geeta Dutt's career took off after her Do Bhai hits. He was also responsible for the early hits of several major singers. It was followed by Dilip Kumar hit Shabnam (1949).īy the fifties, S D Burman was established as a spinner of sweet harmonies. Meanwhile, Filmistan's Do Bhai (1947) proved a sleeper hit (propelled by Burman-Geeta Dutt beauties like Mera sundar sapna beet gaya and Yaad karoge yaad karoge). A disillusioned S D was all set to return to Kolkata when Ashok Kumar, who had shifted to Bombay Talkies, persuaded Burman score the music for Bombay Talkies' Mashaal. Burman got his big break as a composer for Hindi films in 1946 with Filmistan's Ashok Kumar starrers Shikari and Eight Days. He spent the early days of the 1930s and 1940s struggling as a singer, most notably with the dulcet Dheere se jaana bagiyan mein, and as a music director in Bengali films.Īshok Kumar played a significant role in S D Burman's early history in Hindi films. Burman roamed the North East and its influences are often evident in his music. Born in a princely family in Tripura in 1906, he trained under his singer father Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman.
Sachin Dev Burman was, however, a bit of a late bloomer, achieving success in Hindi films only when he was well into his forties. The soft-faced, bespectacled maestro remained popular with both discerning filmmakers and the general public for decades because his melody-soaked compositions, while rewardingly rooted in Indian folk and light classical music, always remained easy to hum. , Movies: The minimalistic melody of S D Burmanīe it Bimal Roy's Devdas, Sujata and Bandini, Guru Dutt's Baazi, Pyaasa and Kagaz Ke Phool Shakti Samanta's Aradhana, Satyen Bose's Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi or Vijay Anand's Guide, S D Burman has scored the music for an inordinately vast number of classics.
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