Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal
There’s RD, and then there are others
It is indeed ironical that while Rahul Dev Burman’s music is enjoying a revival of sorts now, he was neglected, ignored and even ridiculed for much of his professional career. In the beginning of his journey as a musical director, RD was not taken seriously (his father was on top form at the time), and when he finally proved he was an original thinker, he was condemned for plagiarism.
