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R. D. Burman

1939 - 1994

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Rahul Dev Burman (; 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricist Gulzar, with whom he has some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. D. Burman is the 540th most popular composer (up from 1,337th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from India (up from 806th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, R. D. Burman ranks 540 out of 1,451. Before him are Terry Riley, Albert Ketèlbey, Michael Kamen, Vasily Kalinnikov, Gara Garayev, and Henri Duparc. After him are Johann Adam Hiller, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Hans Swarowsky, Philippe Herreweghe, John Adams, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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Among people born in 1939, R. D. Burman ranks 136. Before him are Dieter Schwarz, Paul Sorvino, Jerry Butler, Jean Djorkaeff, Lily Tomlin, and John F. MacArthur. After him are Yael Dayan, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Salomé, Marisa Mell, Leo Brouwer, and George Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1994, R. D. Burman ranks 97. Before him are Manfred Wörner, Nikolai Ogarkov, Wilma Rudolph, Claude Akins, Cab Calloway, and Motoo Kimura. After him are Paisios of Mount Athos, Álvaro del Portillo, Jack Unterweger, Jérôme Lejeune, Sarah Kofman, and Max Morlock.

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In India

Among people born in India, R. D. Burman ranks 280 out of 1,861. Before him are Lara Dutta (1978), Dean Mahomed (1759), Tom Kibble (1932), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Shahu I (1682), and Vandana Shiva (1952). After him are Birsa Munda (1875), Suniel Shetty (1961), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Joseph Coutts (1945), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), and Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621).

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Among COMPOSERS In India

Among composers born in India, R. D. Burman ranks 1. After him are Zakir Hussain (1951), Tyagaraja (1767), Pritam (1971), Anu Malik (1960), Bombay Jayashri (1950), Anirudh Ravichander (1990), Yo Yo Honey Singh (1983), Kailash Kher (1973), and Aadesh Shrivastava (1964).

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