Pancham's Death Anniversary

Today is the very sad day for all Pancham fans.....we all pay our heartfelt tribute to The Legend...






Filmmaker Pays Tribute to R.D.Burman on His Death Anniversary
Varsha Pillai / CNN-IBN
Published on Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 20:09, Updated at Fri, Jan 04, 2008

Mumbai: It has been 14 years since he passed away and all there is left of the great Pancham da are his memories and some evergreen melodies.

On his 14th death anniversary there is someone, who wants to pay a cinematic tribute to the maverick music director. Documentary filmmaker Brahmanand Singh is coming out with two hour film called Pancham Unmixed - Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai.

The film takes an incisive look not only at the body of work of the legendary composer, but also reveals various facets of R D Burman that you would never know.

"Asha Bhonsle told us that he drove with one leg up on the seat. He would bring the second eg down only in times of emergency otherwise one foot would be up always and one hand woul dbe busy giving a taal (beat)," says Singh

From singer Asha Bhonsle to close friend lyricist Gulzar to composer trio Shankar Ehsaan and Loy, they all have sung out their love for Pancham Da in the film.

"His story has a very, very exciting graph. He started off in a very promising manner, then he was under his father's shadow and then broke off and created a niche for himself," says Singh.

The film is not only a nostalgic trip down memory lane for friends of the late composer, but its also a cinematic tribute to one of the greatest mSusic directors, Bollywood has ever known.


Jai Pancham!!!!


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A documentary film on RD Burman

>> Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai <<

By Faridoon Shahryar, January 4, 2008
Indian FM

“Mere saare compositions ek taraf….’Tere bina zindagi se koi shikva to nahin’ ek taraf,” said master singer-composer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to one of his friends highlighting the brilliance of evergreen music composer RD Burman who is having his 14th death anniversary today. One of his fans, Brahmanand Singh has recently completed a two hour long documentary film Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai on RD Burman for which he has interviewed some of the most revered names in the Film Industry like Asha Bhonsle, Shammi Kapoor, Gulzar, Rishi Kapoor, Pyarelal, Javed Akhtar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shantanu Moitra, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Hari Prasad Chaurasia and loads more.

“Today over 60% remixed songs are RD Burman numbers. People are forgetting who made them, how they were made. People know the songs from the names of the DJs attached to them. If a film like this is not made then the original composer would be completely forgotten,” Singh claims. But is there any other reason for making a film such as this? “No authentic work has been done on him. He is such an important landmark in Indian films. I’ve spent two years on the film talking to many of the people who were either close to him or have followed his work closely. It also has some of the very rare photographs, films clippings.”

Brahmanand Singh who has earlier made documentaries on Classical singer Asgari Bhai, Alzheimers Disease and Ragpickers is also looking forward to directing a comedy feature film. As for Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai, he believes that since he has shot it on HDV, it deserves to get a theatrical release and he would want a big production house to take over the marketing of his film. We at IndiaFM Broadband shall premiere the first exclusive clip from this documentary tomorrow. So, all you RD fans don’t forget to make a date with us!