Celebrating the musical spirit of S D Burman in Hyderabad

The dusk of day one of the

Hyderabad Literary Festival

2019 was lit up by a musical session SD Burman: The Prince-Musician based on the book of the same name launched in June 2018 to rave reviews. The session held on Friday by the two co-authors of the book

Anirudha Bhattacharjee

and

Balaji Vittal

was a walk through the life and music of SD Burman.

The popular melodies of SD Burman were rendered by Anirudha and Singapore-based musician Pooja Kandarpa. Balaji interspersed the melodies with his narration of anecdotes and incidents from the life of SD Burman. Accompanying them on the guitar was Satyendra Tolpadi who had come from Mysore to participate in the session.

SD Burman: The Prince-Musician is the third book co-authored by Anirudha and Balaji after their National Award winning RD Burman: The Man, The Music in 2011 and the MAMI award winning Gaata Rahe Mera Dil - 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs in 2015. For its conceptual novelty and delightful execution, the session was very well received by the audience at the forecourt of the Shaheen auditorium of Hyderabad Public School.