{"title":"Anirudha Bhattacharjee \u0026 Balaji Vittal","description":"Anirudha Bhattarcharjee graduated from IIT Kharagpur and did his master’s from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He works as an ERP consultant with an MNC. He has contributed articles to a number of Indian newspapers and periodicals and is also the author of a book of lists on Amitabh Bachchan. Anirudha lives in Kolkata.","products":[{"product_id":"sd-burman-the-prince-musician","title":"S. D. 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His unconventional choice of profession and marriage to a ‘commoner' caused his family to ostracise him, and his formal training was not enough to stave off rejections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis well researched biography—by the authors of the best-selling R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music—is both a tribute to a great artist, and a deep inquiry into what made his music great. Going well beyond merely listing his greatest songs, it explores hitherto unknown stories about the creation of each gem: Mera sundar sapna beet gaya (Do Bhai, 1948); Thandi hawaein (Naujawan, 1951); Yeh raat yeh chandni (Jaal, 1952); Babu samjho ishaare (Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, 1958); Meet na mila re mann ka (Abhiman, 1973), and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is packed with insights into SD's life, work and his astute understanding of Hindi cinema. 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