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Glamour
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) His hit songs flooded the box office; he was the quintessential romantic hero with heartaches, longings and beach-side philosophies. Yet celebrated musician-composer and song-writer Rahul Dev Burman took time to flower into a Bollywood phenomenon.The oft-repeated question: Why?
Despite the moderately successful launch of his career, "Pancham", as he was lovingly called, was unable to leverage the clout that his surname carried in the rather conservative film fraternity in Mumbai.
Producers always wanted Sachin Dev Burman (S.D. Burman), but nobody was willing to experiment with his son, writer Aniruddha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal says in a new biography, "R.D. Burman - The Man and Music" published last week (Harper-Collins India).
He spent several years fine-tuning his musical genuis under his father's shadow before "Bhoot Bangla" with its signature track "Jago sonewalo" happened.
However, Pancham tasted s
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Sachin Tendulkar
Indian cricketer (born 1973)
"Tendulkar" redirects here. For other people with the same surname, see Tendulkar (surname).
Tendulkar in 2017 | |
| Full name | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar |
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| Born | (1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 (age 51) Bombay, Maharashtra, India (now Mumbai, India) |
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| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
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| Role | Top order Batter |
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| Website | sachintendulkar.com |
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| Test debut (cap 187) | 15 November 1989 v Pakistan |
| Last Test | 14 November 2013 v West Indies |
| ODI debut (cap 74) | 18 månad 1989 v Pakistan |
| Last ODI | 18 March 2012 v Pakistan |
| ODI shirt no. | 10 (formerly 99, 33) |
| Only T20I (cap 11) | 1 December 2006 v South Africa |
| T20I shirt no. | 10 |
| Years | Team |
| 1988–2013 | Mumbai |
| 1992 | Yorkshire |
| 1994 • Silver linings North East United owner John Abraham after his team won the 133rd Durand Cup. (Source: NorthEast United) Following an East Bengal victory, Sachin Dev Burman had once said that he wanted to buy a tram. Another time, ill and in hospital, the legendary musician had opened his eyes on being told that East Bengal had beaten Mohun Bagan 5-0. Both stories could be apocryphal though the latter finds mention in Aniruddha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal’s book, ‘S.D. Burman The Prince Musician.’ What is not is that the Burmans, father and son, SD and Rahul Dev, were life members of East Bengal. They were not the only ones from the world of Indian cinema for whom Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting were more than a club. Uttam Kumar never hid his allegiance to Mohun Bagan, Dilip Kumar was known to be a regular at the Cooperage when Mohammedan Sporting fetched up for the Rovers Cup as were the Burmans and Manna Dey, often arriving | |