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- Pancham
- Rahul Dev Burman was born on June 27, 1939 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a composer and actor, known for Sholay (1975), 1942: A Love Story (1994) and Procession of Memories (1973). He was married to Asha Bhosle and Rita Patel. He died on January 4, 1994 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
- SpousesAsha Bhosle(1980 - January 4, 1994) (his death)Rita Patel(1966 - 1971) (divorced)
- Son of Sachin Dev Burman and Meera Dev Burman.
- In the song 'O Manjhi Re' from the movie Khushboo (1975), he used soda bottles with water filled at different levels and created a "phook" sound by blowing into them. This sound was used with the orchestra.
- On his own submission, he used to get tunes in his dreams, and on the advice of his father, began getting up as soon as he "dreamt" of a tune and wrote it down. Songs such as "Mera naam Shabbo", "Kanchi re kacnhi re" had come to him in his sleep.
- He 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 Bhosle, in "Pati Patni".
- Trio of Rajesh Khanna - R.D.Burman - Kishore Kumar worked together in 32 films.
- (1990) Amitabh would best be remembered by historians as a 'Bollywood Legend', but Rajesh Khanna would remain a 'Permanent Superstar' for generations because of his natural charisma on and off screen. Khanna has done vast genres of films, experimented and performed many roles and also has keen interest in story, music and lyrics of songs in his films. Khanna is more versatile.
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