R D Burman has been credited with revolutionizing Bollywood music. He incorporated a wide range of influences from several genres in his scores. The sheer breadth of his music, allied with a unique ability to not only make folk and classical music accessible to the modern listener, but present them in an original, yet contemporary manner for young listeners.
While we mostly associate a more western sound with RD, I think of him as a composer who simplified the most complex Hindustani classical music and made it accessible to the masses. Here are some great Raga based songs created by him.
The first film R D Burman gave the music was Chhote Nawab released in 1961. The first song he composed in this film was Ghar Aaja Ghir Aayi Badra in Raga Malgunji sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Song of Chhote Nawab 1961
Song of Chandan Ka Palna 1967
Song of Amar Prem (1972)
Song of Parichay (1973)
Song of Kinara 1975
Song of Mehbooba (1976)
Song of Khoobsurat 1980
Song of Kudrat (1981)
Song of Agar Tum Na Hote (1984)
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