{"id":5865,"date":"2020-09-25T23:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2020-10-06T23:50:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T18:20:28","slug":"dev-anand-musical-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/dev-anand-musical-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Anand’s Musical Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SD Burman and Dev Anand
(Pic: sdburman.net)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the 120 plus films that Dev Anand acted in from 1946 to 2011, the one thing that has transcended all tests of time and technology is the music. Arguably though, the likeable music drew an end around 1980. Yet, even so, 35 years is a big span in the life career of any actor to keep entertaining with music that has lived beyond.<\/p>\n

In these 120 plus films, a total of 44 music directors worked on the score. However, when music from Dev Anand\u2019s films is referred to, the first and foremost name that comes to our mind is S D Burman. For sure, Burman Senior had the lion’s share. He was there with Dev in over 24% of all his films.<\/p>\n

SD Burman scored music for 28+1 films where Dev was the hero. Plus one is for the English version of Guide<\/em>, directed by Tad Danielewsky. Their pairing started with Girish Trivedi’s Suraiya starrer Vidya<\/em> in 1948 and their last film together was in 1973 Navketan’s Vijay Anand-directed, Hema-starrer Chhupa Rustam<\/em>. We will need to dedicate an entire write up on SDB-Dev music, and I promise to do so. But today, let\u2019s talk about all other music combinations in Dev films.<\/p>\n

The closest second is RD Burman with whom Dev Anand had 11 releases. Third position goes to Shankar Jaikishan, they scored music in 8 films starring the evergreen hero.<\/p>\n

There was a certain standard set with SD Burman-Dev pairing that was followed almost by all other music directors while composing for a Dev Anand film. It is this standard that has given to us all those immortal songs that have lasted decades. These songs enthral and entertain us in our day to day lives allowing us to live those magical moments and memories, singing along and enthusiastically reading or writing or discussing about them on social platforms that are now our daily activity. The elixir of our lives.<\/p>\n

Khoya khoya chand khula aasman<\/em><\/strong> (Kala Bazar<\/em>, 1960) SD Burman\/ Shailendra\/ Rafi<\/span><\/p>\n