To mark the 77th birth anniversary of the iconic music
maestro Rahul Dev Burman, award-winning senior showbiz journalist Chaitanya
Padukone has come out with his latest book R.D.Burmania: PanchaMemoirs.
The book is nothing less than a goldmine for the legion
of ardent Pancham Da (as RDB was fondly called) fans across the globe, as it
contains loads of information and anecdotes never known before.
Besides fascinating memoirs, it includes a collection of rare
and startling vintage RDB photographs, with exclusive personal tributes by a
galaxy of luminaries including Amitabh Bachchan, A.R.Rahman, Asha Bhosle, Lata
Mangeshkar, Pyarelal (of Laxmikant-Pyerelal), Shekhar Kapur, Sonu Nigam, Sunil
Gavaskar and Zeenat Aman. To add to this, the Bajirao Mastani filmmaker Sanjay
Leela Bhansali has penned a forward to the book, revealing his personal
experiences with RDB during the song-sitting of 1942-A Love Story.
Not only was R.D.Burman a maverick genius when it came to
composing music, he was known to be a quick-witted 'funatic' as well. Eminent
playback singer Shailendra Singh recalls an episode. “Way back in ’81, we were
travelling in my car during the monsoons and enjoying rounds of booze to keep
ourselves warm. Suddenly the soda-water got over. Not one to give up so easily,
Pancham Da insisted that we thrust our glasses outside the windows and said
‘cheers’ as the downpour filled up his glass,” he chuckles.
This is just one of the dozens of anecdotes and trivia
revealed in the book. Chaitanya is no ordinary author. Having been at the helm
of entertainment journalism for decades, he also shared a close rapport with
Pancham Da for nearly 10 years. Initially launched through Amazon, the book
could soon transcend from digital medium to traditional print as well as other
audio-video formats.
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