translated by Kaushik Bandyopadhyay
This was Pancham.In his childhood,he used to be known to cry in
Pancham sur..hence Shachinkarta kept the nickname of his son as
Pancham…the good name was certainly a mouthful…Rahul Dev Burman…the
whole India knows whom as R D Burman also….after coming to Bombay,I was
introduced with three famous Bengali families…those were the families of
Director Bimal Roy,family of Ashokekumar and family of Shachin Dev
Burman…now just understand how much intimacy I was having with
Pancham…just over 30 years…I remember my first starting to a foreign
land on 1961…my first written film ‘Anuradha” was nominated in the
Berlin Film Festival contest…for that I went there as a
delegate…director was Hrishikesh Mukherjee,hero-heroines were Balraj
–Sadhna-Leela Naidu…my all dresses.i.e,one suit,three ties,one sweater
and one overcoat were all given by Pancham…the suitcase was also given
by Meeraboudi,the mother of Pancham…my first foreign journey was
happened by the indebted materials…not only that,I first purchased car
in 1965..before that I used to roam about Bombay and whole India in
Pancham’s car only…in fact Pancham only taught me car-driving…you plz
don’t be worried for I’m telling about his personal life instead of
telling about his qualities…being his close friend,it’s natural to tell
about the person Pancham…for that,first listen to some unknown facts
from his close one..after that I’ll let you know about the works of
Pancham also…some knowns,some unknowns…
The divorce with
the first wife Rita was happened…but I’m letting you know about my role
in the introduction and marriage of Pancham with Rita…it was like a
filmy story…at that time Pancham composed music for the film ‘Bhoot
Bunglow’…songs became hits…he also acted in a cameo role in that
movie..that acting was also popular…during the summer vacation,Pancham
went to Darjeeling on tour…they were all
fives…Lakhsmikant,Pyarelal(after the release of the duo’s
Parasmoni),Ravindra Kapoor,Suresh Bhatt and Pancham…there, a bunch of
college girls from Bombay could recognize Pancham…specially a lady…the
lady appreciated Pancham…in this case,Pancham laughed foolishly like
people who are praised..after a few words,the lady went with all of her
companions …on returning Bombay,Pancham forgot that small
incidence…after three months,a sudden phonecall came to Pancham…I was
there at that time…keeping phone,Pancham asked me,”Shachinda,tell me
what will be the ideal thing to do “.I asked,”Why,what happened?.....”A
lady had phoned…is telling that she was introduced with me at
Darjeeling..,she told her name is Rita Patel…I can’t recall …perhaps
anyone is legpulling me…making me befooled…”
“Tell me in details”…. (
Contd)
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