He would suddenly disconnect and go into a trance. There were times when he would suddenly go quiet for a few seconds and you could be sure that some tune was in his mind. He was a very funny person too, always full of life. It felt fantastic to hear such kind of words from him. He asked me what I was doing in Khandala alone and we sat down to discuss music. I saw Asha ji ( Bhosle) and Pancham da in one of those hotels. Once I had gone to Khandala ( a hill station near Mumbai) with my guitar. When I grew up, I got to play with him and for him. I got the opportunity to be with R D Burman and learn his music. So I would go with my dad when they composed songs together. My father P L Raj was a dance director - he did films like Sholay, Sargam and Don's Kaike Paan Banaraswala. He has revealed so much about the person and his music. Image: Amit Kumarĭirector Brahmanand Singh has done a great service to all music lovers ( by directing a film on R D Burman). Still, he stuck to his stand that he didn't like it.
When the film released and became a superhit, I told him that the songs did so well, his fears were unnecessary. He felt it sounded more like a mandir ka bhajan rather than a romantic song. It was his song, I was just going to sing it. While recording it in Film Centre in Tardeo, he asked me if I liked the song. I had sung a song called Yaad Aa Rahi Hai in the film Love Story. There can 't be anybody like Pancham da, just like there cannot be anybody like my father. I think he is the greatest musician of all time. When dad passed away, he had come home and said that his innings was over. Most of his songs were sung by my father because he would make music keeping my father ( Kishore Kumar) in mind. It has quotes from many celebrities who have been close to him and I was one of the lucky few. Pancham da was like my father, my friend, my everything.
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