Happy Birthday Legend RD Burman: Most Google Searched Questions About Pancham Da Answered By PopDiaires, READ TO KNOW

If there is anyone’s hand in the revolution of Indian music then RD Burman ji has done a huge contribution, taking our music to the global level whose tracks are still continuing to be popular overseas and as well as in India. He was the son of Sachin Dev Burman, he was also a music composer and mother of Bengali singer-lyricist Meera Dev Burman.

Rahul Dev Burman aka RD Burman and Pancham Da, how his stage name came into the picture? Who was his wife and he had kids? These are the most asked Google questions by the netizens and we are here to answer them for you on his birth anniversary.

 1.     Does RD Burman have kids?

No, the legendary composer had no kids.

2.     Who is the wife of Pancham Da?

Initially, in the year 1966, he got married to Rita Patel who he met in Darjeeling. She was his fan and had bet her friends that she would be able to get a film date with the musician.

And then he married with the woman whom he recorded many hits and performed live shows together, she is none other than evergreen singer Asha Bhosle but at the end period of Burman’s life, they didn’t live together.

3.     Why RD Burman is called Pancham?

Burman was nicknamed Tublu by his maternal grandmother but the stage name Pancham Da became very dear to every Indian household, which came through some stories. He was nicknamed Pancham because, whenever he used to cry as a child, it sounded in the fifth note (Pa), G note on the c major scale, of music notation; in Hindustani Classical Music, Pancham is the name of the fifth scale degree: (IAST: Ṣaḍja, Ṛṣabha, Gandhāra, Madhyama, Pañcama, Dhaivata, Niṣāda).

Another theory says that the baby was nicknamed Pancham because he could cry in five different notes. Yet another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn Rahul uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly, he nicknamed the boy Pancham. 

So, that’s how his popular stage name came into the limelight and it's unforgettable for sure.

4.     What happened to Asha Bhosle and RD Burman?

Asha Bhosle is the second wife of Pancham Da, before him leaving this world forever they drifted apart over the last few years and the reason is clearly not known. But he had totally become financially ill and after his death when the bank locker was opened as per his accountant V Baishampayan, only Rs 5 was found in it.

He had no children, so Bhosle has claimed his assets that included an upmarket flat and a lavishly equipped music room. While Pancham Da’s secretary Bharat Ashar was in suspension and looked at every desk and locker if he had left any money but he found nothing. 

By bringing a new level of composition, Burman composed melodies for 331 films over 4 decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. His popular song list includes tracks like O Mere Dil Ke Chain, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha, Tere Bina Zindagi Se, Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko, Hamen Tumse Pyar Kitna, Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein, Do Ghoont, Kya Hua Tera Vada, Tum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya, Yeh Sham Mastani, Pyar Diwana Hota Hai, Aap Ki Ankhon Mein K, Mehbooba Mehbooba, Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai and many more.

Here's PopDiaries wishes a very Happy Birthday to the legendary musician, Rahul Dev Burman. You live forever Da!