its been over 15 years since the legendary music director rd burman passed away however his legacy lives on forever fondly called panchamda rd burman much ahead of his time and his songs are loved and cherished even today on world music day today here are some lesser known facts about him from his memoir rd burman the man the music which is available on audible as an audiobookread alsofilm ink a new unique grant for books on indian cinema announceda new grant for indian writers who cover cinema has been announced by film companion and a suitable agency check out more details about the film ink grant herebarbara kingsolver wins womens prize for fiction 2023 for a second timebestselling author barbara kingsolver won uks prestigious award the womens prize for fiction this year for her novel demon copperhead read more details here1 how rd burman got the title panchamda rd burman was born to a wellknown music director sachin dev burman in kolkata he learned songwriting and composing music from his father panchamdapancham wrote his first song when he was nine years olda few months before the second world war broke out rahul was born to meera and sachin dev burman at 929 am on 27th june 1939 at hindustan road near garia hat south calcutta he was nicknamed tublu the nickname pancham came some years later apparently as a child he wailed at the fifth note of the sapta swara2 the reason for his lucky number 5though his first independent musical composition was in the year 1961 for the film chhote nawab rd burmans first successful hit was teesri manzil in 1966there is another story rahul would invariably sing the note pa whenever his father sang the note sa thespian ashok kumar thus gave him the name pancham as per multiple interviews with pancham incidentally the number 5 proved lucky for him in his early career teesri manzil 1966 his first major hit was panchams fifth film as a composer3 panchamda often used foot tapping and natural sounds in his music compositionrd burman was known for his flair for experimental music and utilized natural sounds of rain and household objects in his recording process in the music for the film chote nawab pachamda incorporated the musical instrument reso reso and foottapping noises in his composition a duet between lata mangeshkar and mohammad rafi where the rhythm was maintained on a second repercussion instrument the reso reso the song was from the film chote nawab which was released a few months back the composer was a debutant rahul dev burman who according to kersi lord contributed to the song with his foot tapping and clapping too the first line of matwali ankhon wale was in a way written by rahul himself4 incorporating latino music in bollywood tracks the legendary composer brought the best of the worlds together in his music an ardent admirer of latino music as a result of his upbringing in calcutta panchamda used it