Music And Movies

The link to all parts of this series is given here: Series Links No one changed the soundscape of Indian film music more dramatically than R.D. Burman, lovingly called Pancham by his admirers. There were other trendsetters earlier, like C.Ramachandra, O.P. Nayyar, and others, but the impact R.D.Burman had on not just Hindi film music but on Indian film music was an order of magnitude greater than his predecessors. The sound he pioneered was without equal, and suddenly the music of other music directors felt old. R.D. Burman, with his musical intelligence and with inspiration - and sometimes borrowing - from the West, came up with a signature style of his own, which is an influential style even to this day. Though R.D. Burman got his first break in 1961, in the movie 'Chote Nawab,' his initial success came in the later part of the 60s with movies like 'Teesri Manzil' and 'Padosan.' When his partnership with Kishore Kumar was cemented with the rise of Rajesh Khann

The link to all parts of this series is given here: Series Links The end of the 60s pointed towards the change in guard regarding Hindi film music. Newer music directors like R D Burman, Laxmikanth Pyarelal, and Kalyanji Anandji started giving big hits. The old guard that included Naushad, Shankar Jaikishen, and O P Nayyar, among others, was starting to fade. Only S D Burman was able to hold his fort during this time.  Another important development took place during the end of the 60s. The actor called Rajesh Khanna was catapulted into stardom almost overnight due to the success of his movie, 'Aradhana.' In this movie, whose songs were humungous hits, both Mohd Rafi - the dominant male singer of those times - and Kishore Kumar sang songs for Rajesh Khanna. Yet, the public loved Kishore's voice for Rajesh Khanna, and that led to Kishore replacing Rafi as the most in-demand male playback singer. The other association that became a super duper hit was between R D Burman and Ki