Sachin Dev Burman (S D Burman) first shot into reckoning as radio singer composer in Calcutta Radio Station. Balsara, Bhupinder Singh and Kishore Kumar ~ Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman – by HQ Chowdhury This was a common sight also by the bank of the river Gumti or the Dharmasagar lake, writes researcher Pannalal Roy of Sachin Dev Burman’s early days.” Sachin Kumar was immersed in his world of music. This was the Tiperra flute made out of bamboo, which is no longer seen these days. The sun had just set and the rays cast a spellbinding effect on the Ranidighi lake. “Chhoto Karta, it’s time to go.” The young man with the flute knew it was Madhav. He had little time for studies though! He moved from village to village, sailed from one river to the other, skipping classes… all to collect folk songs and during the days at home he would sit by the lake or river with his flute. Sachin Kumar had some fascination for literature and so he took Arts at Comilla Victoria College. He made a faint appeal to go to Calcutta. It was time to go to college for intermediate studies. Arithmetic and grammar gave him headaches. Though widely acknowledged as a good student, school life was however, not much fun. In 1920, Sachin Kumar passed the matriculation examination. This became an issue for the royal family. Sachin Kumar disobeyed these as he wanted to be with the common people.
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And there were rules set for the members of the royal family which forbid free movement. As a prince of the royal family, he obviously grew up in style. “To Sachin Kumar, music was his first love.
He then learned the intricacies of Indian classical music from the then legendary musicians including K C Dey, Ustad Badal Khan, Ustad Allauddin Khan and Bishmadev Chatterji.
“One of the best things about him was that he brought folk music in film tunes.”īorn in Kumilla, Tripura (now in Bangladesh) on 1 st of October 1906, to the royal family of Tripura, S D Burman went through rigorous training in classical music under his father Nabadweepchandra Dev Burman who was his first guru. His melodies had a different appeal,” sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan had said at the launch of the book Sun Mere Bandhu Re. The range of music he gave from Bandini to Pyaasa to Guide, he was amazing at everything. “He was one of the music greats of our country, his thinking and creativity was unique. What makes Burman Dada’s music stand the test of time? What gives it that everlasting appeal? What makes music lovers turn back to him wanting more? What gives his music a signature that is unmistakably his? This ‘musafir’ from the north-eastern state of Tripura, fondly called Burman Dada, who made music his love, his being and his identity may not have imagined that 40 years since he passed away, his music will continue to rule the hearts of hundreds of thousands of music lovers. When you hear the inimitable S D Burman sing this song in his unique, rustic style, you can’t help get carried away into a world far beyond the humdrum of everyday life, a world of your own, pensive, thoughtful, evocative… “Wahaan kaun hai tera, musafir… jayega kahaan…” Rare picture of S D Burman refined from an autographed picture “With love Shachin” in Sachin Dev Burman ‘Smriti Samaroh’ Smarika (Hindi journal)