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    ! report abuseDipen Guha
    Dipen Guhawrote on 06 May 2009

    The serum of melody that had been coursing through the veins of Pancham, the "Chhota Nawab"drove him to "Teesri Manzil" to prove his command over the occidental timbre as well as the soul-arresting mellifluous numbers of Gulzar-school which are very much oriental

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    ! report abusemithun shetty
    mithun shettywrote on 06 May 2009

    pancham had also acted in two films one in "bhoot bangla " and "pyar ka mausam"

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    ! report abuseAtanu Raychaudhuri
    Atanu Raychaudhuriwrote on 03 Apr 2009

    Pancham used his dad's tune ("thandi hawayen" from Naujawan) to create three great songs: naghma hamara (Bundalbaaz), hamen raaston ki (Naram Garam), and saagar kinare (Saagar). Previously, Roshan had also used the same tune to make "rahen na rahen hum" in Mamta.

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    ! report abuseAtanu Raychaudhuri
    Atanu Raychaudhuriwrote on 26 Mar 2009

    Pancham introduced the sound of the flanger to Indian film music. The "twang" kind of sound you hear in songs like "dhanno ki ankhon" and "nahin lagta haye dil" was created by putting the flanger on a guitar.

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    ! report abuseRajarshi Majumdar
    Rajarshi Majumdarwrote on 05 Jan 2009

    His first movie as a Music Director was 'Raaz', which was to be directed by Guru Dutt. The film was shelved, and 2 songs already composed for the movie was used in other films.

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    ! report abuseDivya Solgama
    Divya Solgamawrote on 28 Sep 2008

    After the death of R.D.Burman, Anu Malik completed his pending films like Gang, Ghatak, etc.

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    ! report abuseDivya Solgama
    Divya Solgamawrote on 28 Sep 2008

    R. D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar sang only one duet together. This was for the Gulzar starrer "Libaas"

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    ! report abuseDivya Solgama
    Divya Solgamawrote on 28 Sep 2008

    R.D.Burman got a school bench in recording studio and used it to creat music for a song in Gulzar's Kitaab.

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    ! report abuseDivya Solgama
    Divya Solgamawrote on 28 Sep 2008

    The music for the song "Mehbooba" by R.D.Burman for the movie Sholay was "inspired" by a Western tune, "Say You Love Me" by Demis Roussos, a singer-songwriter of Greek origin.

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    ! report abuseParomeeta Mathur Banerjee
    Paromeeta Mathur Banerjeewrote on 19 May 2008

    When S D Burman fell ill during the recording of Aradhana's (1969) music, Pancham completed the music. Hence R D's stamp is quite obvious on the tunes of Aradhana which became very popular. R D Burman was credited as associate composer for the movie.

 

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