Kumar Shri Sachin Dev Burman (Bengali:
শচীন দেব বর্মন; Born: October 1, 1906, Comilla, British India (now
Bangladesh), Died: October 31, 1975 (aged 69), Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India), also credited as Burman da, Kumar Sachindra Dev Barman, Sachin
karta or S. D. Burman, was one of the most famous music composers for
Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer. His son Rahul Dev Burman
also achieved great success as a Bollywood music director in his own
right. S D Burman composed music for 100 movies, including Bengali
films.
S.D. Burman's compositions have been mainly sung to a
large extent by the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Geeta Dutt
(wife of Guru Dutt and a playback singer herself), Manna Dey,Kishore
Kumar, Asha Bhonsle and Shamshad Begum. Mukesh and Talat Mahmood have
also sung songs composed by him. He also sang about 20 film songs
(inclusive of Bengali films) for which he composed music though he may
not have been the music director of the films.
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