New Delhi: Years after Rahul Dev Burman Burman’s death in 1994, the music composed by him continues to rule the roost in private parties and large gatherings. Many music eras have come and gone but Panchamda has stayed on in our hearts.
On his birth anniversary on Sunday, singer Asha Bhosle took to social media to remember her late husband, legendary music composer R D Burman on his birth anniversary. Bhosle shared a throwback black and white photograph of herself posing together with Burman on Instagram and wrote, “Thank you for the music (not just from me but also the millions of hearts that beat to your madness). Happy birthday Pancham.”
Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to remember R D Burman and his music on his birth anniversary. Asha Bhosle’s elder sister, playback legend Lata Mangeshkar tweeted in Hindi, “R D Burman ko kaun nahi jaanta. Wo janam se rajputra tha aur sangeet ka wo raja tha. Aaj uski jayanti hai. Main uski yaad ko aur uske sangeet ko vinamra abhivadan karti hun. (Who does not know R D Burman. He was a prince by birth and the king of music. Today is his birth anniversary. I pay my humble tribute to his memories and music.)”
Poet-lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar wrote, “Today, on June 27 it is RD Burman’s birth anniversary. Time is always kind to genuinely great people, it keeps enlarging the image of a genius more and more. No surprise that his popularity among the gen next and the young musicians is increasing by the day.”
Director Sujoy Ghosh, whose first film Jhankar Beats was a tribute to Pancham, wrote, “Happy birthday R D Burman. Your music makes happiness. Thank you for all the happiness.”
Amitabh Bahchchan too, reminisced and praised Pancham Da’s ‘Beeti Na Bitai Raina’ from 1972 cult classic ‘Parichay’ starring his wife Jaya Bachchan. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Big B praised a fan’s tribute to Pancham Da’s one of the iconic songs ‘Beeti Na Bitai Raina’. The fan posted a video where he is seen recreating the song by playing the sitar. “wah .. adbhut .. and what a moment in the film PARICHAY .. Jeetendra , Jaya and Sanjiv Kumar .. direction Gulzar .. ‘beeti na bitai raina .. And there is a story behind this song .. of which sometime later,” Bachchan wrote.
