His tune came first, the lyrics followed.
Guide ), running in green fields with Kishore Kumar, interrupting singer Manna Dey’s rehearsals to go to football matches together.īurman displayed all the eccentricities of a maverick, but when it came to music, he meant business. Quirks of Burman’s personality - his childlike nature given to impulse - and anecdotes from his life unfolded through the evening: teaching actress Waheeda Rehman to move to the beats of ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage Re’ ( The sweeping melody ‘Kuch Na Kaho’ (ġ942, A Love Story, 1994) bears a striking resemblance to his father’s rendition of the Bhatiyali song ‘Rangeela Re’. Not surprisingly, it is Burman’s version that is best remembered, most likely because he remained true to the original.īurman’s son, Rahul Dev Burman was greatly influenced by his father, borrowing tunes right up to his last film score. Singers Shafqat Amanat Ali and Shubha Mudgal sang a peppy version for composer Debojyoti Mishra in Sharaabi, 1984) is also a variation of the tune. Music director Bappi Lahiri rejigged it inĪmaanat (1994) and his disco song ‘De De Pyar De’ ( Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein (1977) with singers Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. With lyrics in Hindi by Shailendra, Burman sang the song himself, his reedy voice resonating with a bard-like clarity.Ĭomposers Laxmikant-Pyarelal created another version of ‘Allah Megh De’ in the film The song became an instant rage and inspired Burman to revisit it two decades later in Ahmed, an exponent of Bhatiyali folk music, sang ‘Allah Megh De’ to popularise the Jari gaan (song of sorrow) folk form. Guide, 1965), which had a meandering journey from Bengal to Mumbai, and finally to Pakistan.īengali folk singer-composer Abbasuddin Ahmed initially recorded the tune in Kolkata in the 1940s for the music company Saregama. But it was his inimitable talent that took centrestage at a recent workshop conducted by the Mumbai-based music club Rewind: repurposing genre-based songs, turning kirtans into romantic duets, folk into ballad, fusing Indian and Latin-American sounds to create a path-breaking soundtrack.Ī particularly fascinating piece of trivia emerged about his use of the folk song ‘Allah Megh De’ ( Music composer Sachin Dev Burman’s great love for football, paan, and Kishore Kumar’s company is well-known.
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