Rahul Dev Burman
Late Shri R.D. Burman
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Trained in Mumbai under sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, tabla virtuoso Samta Prasad and guided by Salil Chowdhury, he entered the film world as an assistant to his father, contributing to classics such as Kaagaz Ke Phool and Guide before debuting independently with Chhote Nawab (1961). A breakthrough arrived with Vijay Anand’s Teesri Manzil (1966), whose chart-topping numbers cemented his repu…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources