Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com
Today is the 117th anniversary of the birth of legendary singer and music director Sachin Dev Burman.
SD Burman, born in 1906 in Cumilla, composed playbacks for over 100 films.
Leading singers of the Indian subcontinent like Lata Mangeskhar, Mohammad Rafi, Geeta Dutta, Manna Dey, Asha Bosle, Mukesh and Talat Mahmud have lent their voices to playbacks composed by Sachin Dev.
Sachin Dev Burman was admitted to Kumar Boarding School in Agartala in Tripura. Later, his father admitted him to Yusuf School in Cumilla, before Burman was admitted in Class V at Cumilla Zilla School.
He completed his matriculation in 1920. Following which, he admitted to Victoria College, Cumilla from where he passed his IA in 1922 and then BA in 1924. He then left to study MA in Calcutta University. But, he did not complete it.
He took his formal education in music under musician KC Dey.
He later learnt music under Bhismadev Chattopadhaya, Ustad Badal Khan and Ustad Allauddin Khan.
He started his carrier through Bengali films in 1937. He moved to Mumbai on the request of Sashadhar Mukharjee in 1940.
He composed playbacks for evergreen Indian films like ‘Matir Ghar’, ‘Shikari’, ‘Dil Ki Rani’, ‘Miss India’, ‘Tere Ghar Ke Samne’, ‘Kaise Kahoon’, ‘Joyoti’ and ‘Prem Pujari’.
He received Filmfare Best Music Director Award, Sangeet Natok Academy Award, Asia Film Society Award and Padma Shri Award. He died on October 31, 1975.
