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Program Schedule (Saturday, 12/04/2010) 12: 00 PM Ticket Counter (Registration Booth) Opens 12: 00 - 4: 30 PM Singing Competition on RD Burman Songs(Adults/Kids) 5: 30 PM Welcome Speech by Vijaya Aasuri (Event’s MC) 5: 33 PM Prardhana Geetam (by Himaja Movva) 5: 35 PM Jyothi Prajwalana by Mr. and Mrs. Venkata Sudhakar Simhadri (Chief Guest) 5: 40 PM A Few Words by Srinivas Chimata (Event Organizer) 4: 42 PM Introductory Speech on RD Burman by Vijaya Aasuri 5: 45 PM First Song starts 7: 00 PM Sponsors’ Felicitation on the Stage 7: 45 PM Dinner Break (Food Vendor: Peacock Restaurant) 8: 15 PM Saxophone Performance by Ramesh Maraj (www.indisax.com) 8: 20 PM Second Part of the Concert starts 9: 30 PM Mementos (to Singers, Musicians, Volunteers & Singing Competition Winners) 9: 45 PM Vote of Thanks (by Vijaya Aasuri & Srinivas Chimata) Rahul Dev “RD” Burman was India’s most popular composer in the 1970’s, famous for his peppy tunes. He teamed up with singers Mohammed Md. Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and others to churn up some of the biggest hits in the Bollywood music history. Born on June 27, 1939, Burman was the only child of the famous singer-music director, Sachin Dev Burman. He was born and brought up in Calcutta. Popularly known as Pancham (the nickname apparently given to him by the actor Ashok Kumar, when he found the child only singing pa...pa..pa from the “sargam”), RD Burman scored music for over 300 films. He was just nine years old, when he composed his first song, Aye meri topi palat ke aa, which his father later used in the film Funtoosh (1956). The tune of the song Sar jo tera chakraaye was composed by him as a child. His father loved the tune and included it in the soundtrack of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa. In 2004, the soundtrack for Pyaasa was given an award for “The Best Music in Film” by Sight & Sound, the British Film Institute magazine. As an young adult, Burman played his favorite instrument mouth organ in the famous song, Hai apna dil to aawara (Solva Saal - 1958, starring Dev Anand) and later for his friends, the music director duo, Laxmikant-Pyarelal for the movie Dosti (1964). After coming to Bombay on completing his matriculation, Burman learnt to play sarod under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and later Ashish Khan. Later, he began to assist his father in music direction. The first film he signed as an independent music director was Bhoot Bangla, though his first release was Chhote Nawab for the same producer (the comdedian Mehmood). His rise to fame was slow but steady. And in the early 70’s, he had a few competitors such as Kalyanji-Anandji and Lakshmikant-Pyarelal. Dev Anand (Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Heera Panna), Shakti Samanta (Amar Prem, Kati Patang), Ramesh Sippy (Seeta aur Geeta, Sholay, Shakti), Ramesh Behl (Jawaani Diwaani), Vinod Chopra (Parinda, 1942 - A Love Story), Nazir Hussain (Teesri Manzil, Caravan, Yadon Ki Bataat, Hum kisi Se Kam Nahin, Anaamika, Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai) and Gulzar (Parichay, Ijaazat, Kinara, Khushboo, Aandhi etc) were the staunch RD loyalists. Out of his 331 released movies, 292 were in Hindi, 31 in Bangla, 3 in Telugu (Antham, Chinni Krishnudu, and Rocky), 2 each in Tamil & Oriya and 1 in Marathi. RD also composed for five TV Serials in Hindi and Marathi. Burman was comfortable with all types of music, be it the romantic Raat kali from Buddha Mil Gaya (1971), the sexy cabaret Piya tu ab toh aaja from Caravan (1971), the ultimate hippie anthem Dum Maro Dum from Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972) or the classical Raina beeti jaaye from Amar Prem. It is said that Dev Anand did not include the complete version of Dum Maro Dum in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, as he was worried the song would overshadow the film! At times, RD doubled up as a singer too. His most famous song as a singer was Mehbooba from Sholay. A master of creativity and improvisation, Burman is credited with the following: * In the song ‘Chura liya’ from Yadon Ki Barat (1973), he used the sound of a spoon hitting a glass. * For the song ‘Master jee kee aa gayeechiTThee’ from Kitaab (1977), he brought some desks from a classroom in the studio while recording and used them as percussion. * In the movie Abdullah, he used the sound of a bamboo whistle with a balloon tied to it for a song. * Once to get the sound of raindrops, he spent a whole rainy night in his house’s balcony recording the sound he wanted. * In the song O Manjhi Re from the movie Khushboo (1975), he used bottles with water filled at different levels and created a hollow sound by blowing into them and this sound effect was used with the orchestra. * During the recording of Hum donon do premee from Ajnabee (1974), the instrumentalists were on strike. So he improvised the song with emptied-out musical interludes and just listen the song! * RDB was the first to introduce the Brazilian bossa nova rhythm in Hindi film music – the song was Maar dalega dard-e-jigar, sung by Asha Bhonsle in Pati Patni. That rhythm has since been endlessly used for the Indian film music. RD Burman was always known for rich compositions and employing a large orchestra group. Some of the notable members of his orchestra included Pundit Hari Prasad Chaurasia (Flute), Pundit Shiv Kumar Sharma (Santoor), and Bhupinder Singh (Hawaiian Guitar), who also sang several songs for RDB including the song Beeti Na Bitaayee Raina from Parichay which fetched a national award for him and for Lata Mangeshkar. Burman also introduced singers Amit Kumar, Abhijeet, and Shabbir Kumar to the industry. His close association with Asha Bhonsle led to their marriage in 1980. Together, they recorded many memorable tunes and also staged many live performances all over the world. His last years were not too happy and unfortunately the success of his music did not translate in to his financial success. When Sagar (1985) failed at the box office in spite of his wonderful music, he found himself being sidelined. Following a heart attack in 1988, he underwent a bypass surgery abroad the next year. He then joked on himself that his bypass surgery made the film industry bypass him. While recuperating from the surgery, he was said to have composed over 2,000 tunes which he kept in his memory bank. He often said that his best tunes came to him in his dreams and that he had to be in happy frame of mind even while composing sad tunes. He passed away on Jan 4, 1994 followed by a massive heart attack. He is undoubtedly the most popular Indian music director in the 1970’s. 2 YEH SHAAM MASTANI RD BURMAN BAY AREA TELUGU ASSOCIATION CHIMATAMUSIC.COM Singers: Kaumudee Torsekar: Kaumudee was born in Mumbai, raised in Canada and went to UC Berkeley for her undergraduation. She has learnt Hindustani classical vocal from Shri Narendra Datar in Toronto, Canada. She has performed since the age of 14 in multiple cities across Canada and in the US, mostly in the Bay Area. She loves the music direction of RD Burman, Madan Mohan, Khaiyyam to name a few. Her musical interests lie in singing old film hits, Marathi songs, ghazals, semi-classical songs and bhajans. She is now pursuing her vocal training with Smt. Sujata Ghanekar, a student of Begum Parveen Sultana. She works for Google and lives in Sunnyvale. Visit her web site, http://www.Kaumudee.com for more info on her recent shows. This is the first time for Kaumudee to perform in a ChimataMusic concert. Vidya Venkat: Vidya hails from New Delhi and went to SUNY, Buffalo for her Masters degree. She started humming old Hindi melodies ever since she was little and heard these tunes on the radio while her mom and aunts were enjoying them in their times. Her penchant for music only grew and she started participating in her school choir and music societies and taking part in college competitions. She formally started training in Carnatic music under Mrs. Vasantha Krishnan in New Delhi and learnt from her for 6 years up untill she moved to the Bay Area. Out here, she has involved herself with various music events and bands in the Bay area and around. She is currently continuing her music training by learning Hindustani music from Smt. Shubhangi Sakhalkar and hopes to continues her musical journey with times to come. She works for Yahoo and lives in Oakland. This is the first time for Vidya to perform in a ChimataMusic concert. Sudha Sastry: Though Sudha was born in Kurnool (AP), she was brought up in Chennai and Mumbai and she is fluent in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil. Music has always been an integral part of her life. She dabbled with Carnatic music in her childhood and later went on to pursue serious Hindustani classical music under an able tutelage of Pandit Prabhakar Karekar in Mumbai. She has been in the US for 10 years and currently lives in Fremont, CA. She has performed in all of the ChimataMusic’s earlier concerts (Sathyam, KV Mahadevan and Ilaya Raja shows in 2009 and 2010). Sachin Srivastava: Sachin hails from Varanasi (UP). His passion is performing live and giving his best to his audience. His energy on the stage has been his forte. He started listening to Bollywood music specifically Kishore Kumar, Rafi, SPB, Yesudas, Lata and Asha at a very young age.