R.D. Burman
The Maverick Maestro of Bollywood Fusion
I made Bollywood swing, and it never looked back.
Yeah, my dad was S.D. Burman — big deal, right? But I didn't just carry his legacy, I shook it up, threw a little rock ‘n’ roll in it, and danced it into the disco. I’m the one who said, 'Why not put a sitar with a sax?' or 'Let’s make a chase song sound like a party.' Asha sang my madness. Kishore gave it heart. And me? I just kept tapping rhythms on tables, waiting for the world to catch up. I drank, laughed, and lived in beats — and if you don’t know the groove by now, turn on the radio.
What I'm Into: whiskey and tabla grooves, Asha’s voice at midnight, jazz records from Calcutta, disco shoes on a film set, making film songs that never end
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