Quiz on SACHIN DEV BURMAN

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Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 - 31 October 1975), also known as Burman da, was one of the most famous music for Hindi movies.

He was also a famous singer and composer.

He composed music for , including Bengali films.

His son Rahul Dev Burman also achieved great success as a Bollywood .

S. D. Burman was born in Comilla, now in Bangladesh, to Rajkumari Nirmala Devi, princess of and Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman, the only son of 'Ishanachandra Dev Burman', Raja of .

He started his formal music education by training under the famous K. C. Dey from 1925 to 1930.

He started working as a radio singer on Radio Station in 1932.

In the year 1934, he was invited to Bengal Music Conference, Kolkata, which was inaugurated by Rabindranath Tagore, where he sang his thumri, and was awarded a Medal.

He made his film debut singing in ki Ladki (1933) but the songs were scrapped and re-sung by Sanyal. His first film as a was finally Sanjher Pidim (1935).

In 1950s, S D Burman teamed up with Dev Anand's Productions to create several musical hits like Driver, Nau do (1957) and Kala (1958).

One of the most famous songs sung by Talat Mahmood was " jiske liye....."

The song "Mera Beet Gaya ..." sung by Dutt was her breakthrough song into the film industry.

In 1957, S D Burman fell out with and adopted her younger sister Asha Bhosle as his lead female singer.