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R. D. Burman

real name Rahul Dev Burman

Kolkata, India

R. D. Burman is credited on 2,464 releases across 486 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,464

Credits

486

Albums

7

Decades active

83

In collections

Biography

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Bollywood film composer, born 27 June 1939 in Calcutta, then British India, died 4 January 1994 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Only child of music director S. D. Burman.
Active from the 1960s to the 1990s Burman composed music for over 330 films. Together with Asha Bhosle, his wife (from 1980) and Kishore Kumar they made many super hit songs, he also provided the vocals for some of these compositions. He also composed music for many songs that were sung by his sister-in-law, Lata Mangeshkar

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Credited work

2,464 releases · 486 albums · active 1961–2026

  • Other credits · 3,431
  • Performance · 290
  • Production · 2

Studios: Rajkamal Studios · Planet Studios (3) · HMV Studios, Bombay · Frantic Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Rahul Dev Burman
  • Various
  • Kishore Kumar
  • Asha Bhosle
  • Lata Mangeshkar
  • Mohd. Rafi
  • Mukesh
  • Laxmikant Pyarelal

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