Cooch Behar
Tripura
Gwalior

2. Sachin Dev Burman was known by two names - SD & Dada. He was one of the few Bombay based composers who had undergone through classical training. One of his gurus, a blind singer, was also the uncle of a would-be great. Who was the blind guru?

Krishna Chandra Dey
Dhananjay Bhattacharya
Abdul Karim Khan

3. SD's first attempt in films was as an actor-singer for the film Yahudi ki Ladki where he was replaced at the last moment by another stalwart of yesteryears. Who?

Pankaj Mallick
Kundan Lal Saigal
Surendranath

4. SD came to Bombay in 1941, not as a composer but in the capacity of a playback singer. The first solo he sang was for a film based on the story behind a famous monument. The name of the film was the same as that of the monument. Can you guess the film?

Buland Darwaza
Lal Quila
Taj Mahal

5. Who, on request by the studio owner, partially arranged the music for SD's first film as a composer in Bombay, Shikari?

Khemchand Prakash
Anil Biswas
C. Ramachandra

6. Why was the number Laayi khushi ki dunia (Girish Trivedi's Vidya, 1948) special to S D Burman?

Composed specially to signify the budding romance between Dev Anand and Suraiya
Composed for the inaugural function of Dev Anand's Navketan Studios
It was the first song without any music accompaniment

7. On which of these matinee idols did SD first experiment with the voice of Kishore Kumar?

Dev Anand
Raj Kapoor
Dilip Kumar

8. Disillusioned with Bollywood, SD once left Bombay in 1951, only to return back after some time. Who completed the score of Mashal, which SD had left incomplete?

Talat Mehmood
Hemant Kumar
Manna Dey

9. Which of SD's assistants was a sarod player cum guitarist who achieved a generous amount of success as the composer of films like Hum Dono, Prem Parvat and Kinare Kinare?

Jaidev
Sonik, of Sonik Omi fame
Surhid Kar

10. The song situation for which of these numbers was conceived by S D Burman himself?

Na tum hamen jaano (Baat Ek Raat Ki)
Phaili hui hai sapnon ki bahen (House No 44)
Jalte hain jiske liye (Sujata)

11. When SD hummed the tune for a particular lyric recited by Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir laughed. When SD suggested that he would use Hemant Kumar's vocals for this number, Sahir was in raptures. SD stuck on to his choice and the song was a very big hit. Which song?

Jane woh kaise (Pyaasa)
Yeh raat yeh chandi phir kahan (Jaal)
Teri dunia mein jeene se (House No 44)

12. The Bombay Powai Lake was very dear to SD, mainly because:

He used to frequent the place for fishing
He was a champion swimmer who used to regularly swim across the lake
His house was bang opposite the lake

13. SD, at times, used tunes composed by his son, Rahul. Two of the three of the following were RD tunes. Which one was not composed by RD?

Aai meri topi palat ke aa (Funtoosh)
Sar jo tera chakraye (Pyaasa)
Suno gajar kya gaye (Baazi)

14. This poet's favourite composer of all time is S D Burman. In his favour, he quotes a lot of things, including: 'His range was unbelievable. To think that the same man composed for both Chalti ka naam gaarii and Sujata!" Who is being quoted here?

Javed Akhtar
Gulzar
Maya Govind

15. For which number did SD advice Asha to react in a manner as if somebody was pulling her saree?

Zamana kya kahega (Paying Guest)
Gunguna rahen hain bhanwar (Aradhana)
Chuo na, mar jaaungi Sharma ke uui (Chhupa Rustom)

16. Lata did not sing for SD for a stretch of five years. When she did come back, it was with a vengeance and her first number with SD was a remarkable piece in musical artistry. Which one?

Kaaton se kheench ke yeh aanchal (Guide)
Jogi jab se tu aaya mere dwaare (Bandini)
Raat ka sama, jhumen aasmaan (Ziddi)

17. This composer, for his striking resemblance to the SD style of music, was earmarked as the able successor to the SD gharana in Bombay. However, he did not quite live up to the initial reputation. Who?

Bappi Lahiri
Ravindra Jain
Bhupen Hazarika

18. For which Rahul Deb composition did SD give the final touch by simply introducing an exclamation between the lines of the Mukhda when sung in refrain?

Aaja aaja main hun pyaar tera (Teesri Manzil)
Gulabi aankhen jo teri dekhi (The Train)
Chunri sambhaal gori (Baharon ke Sapne)

19. In his career as a composer in Bombay, SD worked with almost every leading lyricist. Which of them did he rate as the best?

Shailendra
Sahir Ludhianvi
Pandit Narendra Sharma

20. Who was SD's main assistant for the Rajesh Khanna - Hema Malini tearjerker Prem Nagar?

Rahul Deb Burman
Meera Deb Burman
Lata Mangeshkar

21. Who made a moderate debut as a playback singing the duet 'Mera naam aao, mere paas aao' with Asha for the film Yeh Gulistan Hamara'?

Johnny Walker
Mehmood
Danny

22. After hearing this song, pundits criticized SD of plagiarizing from 'Tequila'. SD, on his part, defended himself that he did not know Tequila and had used a Bengali folk tune as the base for the song. Which one?

Mere sapno ki rani (Aradhana)
Reshmi ujaalaa hai (Sharmilee)
Dheere se jaanaa khatiyan mein (Chhupa Rustom)

23. SD had a unique way of judging the vocal condition of singers. What was this method, which he usually applied from his 'Jet Bungalow'?

Asking the singer to imitate his style of singing
Listening to the singers' voice over the phone
Listening to the singer croon the seven basic notes of music of scales B, C and D at one go

24. Which number sung by SD (Hindi) was retained in the Bengali version of the film as well?

Meri dunia hai maa, tere aanchal mein
Sun mere bandhu re
Kahe ko roye, chahe jo hoye

25. SD rarely reacted to any external stimuli during the one-year coma preceding his death. He did smile, faintly, once. What was the occasion?

When RD gave him the news of Kishore Kumar's marriage with Yogeeta Bali
When RD gave him the news of India reaching the Davis Cup final
When RD gave him the news that East Bengal had drubbed Mohan Bagan 5-0 in the IFA Shield final

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