INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 01/10/1906 (Age 69) |
| Born In : | Comilla, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Occupation(s) : | Music director, Folk artist, Singer, Composer, Musician |
| Genres : | Indian classical, Bengali folk, music, Folk, Indian music, Filmi |
S. D. Burman was the most popular Indian Singer. He was born on 1 October 1906 in Comilla, Tripura, British India. He was the son of Mahamanyabar Rajkumar Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman and Nirmala Devi (Royal Princess Of Manipur). He had 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He was married to Meera Dev Burman (Lyricist and Singer). He had a son R. D. Burman (Singer).
His favorite singers are Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey, his favorite music composers are Madan Mohan and Khayyam, and his favorite actors are Dev Anand and Guru Dutt.
S. D. started his singing career in 1932. He had worked with Dev Anand in the movie “Bazzi” which was a huge hit. He had composed the soundtrack of the epic movie Devdas (1955).
He had been awarded In 1934, the “Gold Medal” in Bengal All India Music Conference, In 1959, the “Asia Film Society Award”, In 1964, the “Saint Haridas Award”, the “National Filmfare Award” In 1969, the “Padma Shri”, In 1970, for “Best Male Playback Singer” for the song “Safal Hogi Teri Aradhana” from the film “Aradhana”, and In 1974, for “Best Music Direction for the song “Zindagi” from the film “Zindagi”, the “Filmfare Award” for Best Music Director Award In 1954, for “Taxi Driver”, In 1974, for “Abhiman”, the “BFJA Awards” Best Music (Hindi Section) In 1965, for “Teen Devian”, In 1966, for “Guide”, In 1969, for “Aradhana”, In 1973, for “Abhiman” In 1966, Best Male Playback Singer (Hindi Section) for “Guide”.
S. D. died on 31 October 1975 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
