PANCHAM UNMIXED, a film on R.D.Burman – DVD releasing
Collector's Edition
Attempting to explore legendary composer RD Burman’s music, Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai (an unending journey) takes an incisive look into the composer’s reflective artistry and buoyant-but-also-lonely inner being. Featuring a host of close friends, colleagues and admirers, the film evokes awe, admiration and nostalgia the way most of his music does, till date. Pancham Unmixed is the most comprehensive film made on the great composer and a film that no music and film buff anywhere in the world can afford to miss …
Pleasure to inform you that we at Shemaroo, are releasing the most awaited film by Brahmanand Siingh, PANCHAM UNMIXED in DVD by Nov ‘09.
The complete product includes
- DVD I – “Pancham Unmixed”, 113 Min film on R.D. Burman
Features close to 3 dozen associates and admirers of Pancham like Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Chopra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Louis Banks, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ameen Sayani, Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Taufeeq Quereshi, etc interviewed with patience and sensitivity.
- DVD II – Original Video Song Compilation of R.D. Burman
- 100 Page Coffee Table Book having rare photographs and write up about Pancham
Very soon we are also coming up with a micro-site as – www.panchamunmixed.shemaroo.com where you will get information and activities related to the product via blogs
For booking & other information you can get in touch via mail id given below.
Regards
Chetan Trivedi
chetan@shemaroo.com
PFC Note
Check these past links out on Pancham Unmixed and Brahmanand Singh, the director of the documentary.
A review : Pancham Unmixed An Unending Journey
Brahmanand chats with PFC at IFFLA 2008, and a trailer: Pancham Unmixed : A Salute to the Boss – R.D. Burman
Q&A with Brahmanand in NY : Video : Q&A with makers of Pancham Unmixed & Amal
Note: A direct product marketing blurb was published because of our love for the Boss and the beautiful documentary on him by Brahmanand. PFC is in not in any way connected commercially or otherwise with Shemaroo for this announcement.
Tags: Announcement, BRAHMANAND, film, Pancham, r d burman, R D BURMAN FILM, Rahul Dev, SHEMAROO, UNMIXED
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Looking forward with bated breath! For some strange reason PANCHAM was more revered late 90s onwards, than in his own time! We WORSHIPPED him in our college days, enjoying even the obscurest of his creations like Bond 303, Duniya Meri Jeb Mein or Sitara
@Amborish .. yahi jamaane ka dastoor hai… once somebody retires or dies they become a part of the heritage and are cherished even more … and this is true for any field… I can recollect Mansoor Ali Khan Patudi in 98-99 saying this in rendezvous with simi garewal, that if Azhar retires at any point, he will turn into an all time great immediately, from a criticized aging player…. true… Alas Azhar never retired on time!!!
@ Amborish, i am recently working on an article about Dada, while putting it together, i chanced upon an older interview by Dada, where he explained how important it was for the song to be placed in the right context of the movie, and not just be there for the sake of it.
Of course Dada was choosy about the movies, and he was fortunate to work with the likes of Guru Dutt, Vijay Anand, Hrishi Da, Bimal Roy, directors who knew where exactly to place the song. For them the song was an integral part of the narrative not just a filler or an “item”. I mean if one considers Dada’s songs, its not just the lyrics or the music, its also the way it comes on the screen.
I mean if you take “Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna” hai from Guide, Vijay Anand places the song right after the point, when Waheeda leaves her husband, it represents a breaking away from her fetters. In other words more often than not Dada’s song was like a complete package, the lyrics, the picturization, the context of the movie.
I guess this is one area where Pancham lost out, barring a few directors like Nasir Hussain, Gulzar, Hrishida not many could really could bring those songs alive on screen. And there was the issue of Pancham quite often giving his best numbers in real trashy stuff.
Roz Roz Aankhon Tale, a superlative song, wasted in a forgettable movie Jeeva. Similiarly another beautiful duet, Jeena Ka Din Mar Jaane Ka Mausam, wasted again in another equally forgettable movie Gomti Ke Kinare.
@Ratnakar, the father and son were so similar yet so different…both were crazy in their own right, yet SD’s music and RD’s was apples and oranges; SD was more Bengali folk, Tagore songs and Indian classical – RD was more western (the space here is too small to list all the western genres he was influenced by), along with a generous sprinkling of Indian classical here and there…SD was a genius – RD was The Maverick…he’s rumored to have used pretty wildly unconventional musical accompaniments – right from brooms to utensils to boot-polish-brushes! Compare side by side: “Samundar me nahake” with “E sakhi radhike bawri ho gayi”; “Yamma yamma” with “Mera kuchh saaman”; “Dekhta hoon koi ladki haseen” with “Aayo kahan se Ghanshyam” – you can’t blame shortsighted Indian directors for their inability to harness such insanity…
@ Amborish, in fact Dada himself used Western tunes along with the Bong folk. I guess one reason why Dada hit it off perfectly with Navketan, was his tunes generally suited the urban ambiance of their movies. SD-Navketan-Majrooh, what a combo it was. BTW have you noticed in “Hum Hain Raahi Pyaar Ke” from Nau,Do, Gyaarah, u hear the horn toot sound in the song, also in “Hey Maine Kasam Li” from Tere Mere Sapne, at the start of the song, you hear the cycle bell tinkling, wondering if Pancham’s influence there? I do know that Pancham did the mouth organ for “Hai Apna Dil to Aawara”.
@Ratnakar, the Dada-Pancham debate has been goin on for years…however, though not an expert on this, I’ll concede that SD was a maestro, of course, but Pancham was essentially the rebel, the madman, who reportedly composed his first song at the age of nine (Ae meri topi palat ke aa), and was offered a debut in Mehmood’s Chhote Nawab as “he got tired of (RD) Burman denting his (Mehmood’s) car with the persistent drumming of his fingers”! One of the commonest and widely recognised tunes (or noise) created by him was the “zzia-cha-cha” (that was the closest I could go to expressing it phonetically), used as an interlude with “Mere Saamne Wali Khidki Me” (Padosan) and as a prelude to “Sach Mere Yaar Hai”(Saagar)…used wooden desks for “Masterji Ki Aa Gayi Chitthi”(Kitaab) – Gulzar added fuel to fire with lyrics like ” VIP, underwear baniyaan”!
This was the interview with Dada, published on PFC, I wish our present day obsessed with “item” numbers take time to read this interview.
http://passionforcinema.com/songs-in-hindi-films-s-d-burman/
I’m sorry but “Duniya Meri Jeb Mein” is not composed by Pancham.
Yep…you’re right, mate…that was Rajesh Roshan…awefully sorry!
Leave when people ask you why, not when they ask Why Not?, It’s not just Azhar, been the case with many they did not leave until they were actually forced to. I guess Gavaskar was one of the few who left on his own terms, anyway thats another topic for discussion.
yeah, but in case of azhar it became a little more prominent.. somehow Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja and Nayan Mongia never became that infamous (though they were never lauded and respected the way azhar was despite his image clashing 2nd marriage) but even Kapil Dev was never completely cleared of fixing, nor was sudden finding of significant sum of money in gavaskar’s lockers when a bank was cleaning their space to have a bigger area… guess a timely retirement could have saved him a lot more media glare… (guess even patudi was associated with wrong side of law twice… ones on possessing illegal arms and once for illegal hunting…
I highly recommend this film!!!
I was lucky enough to see it at IFFLA last year. I knew some RD’s songs and that he was once married to Asha Bhosle, and was completely blown away by him as a musician and a person. Now I am a serious fan. This is an amazing, must watch movie.
Amazing Documentary…..I’m buying this for sure…Highly recommended…
you get to see the crazy side of the boss…and its very interesting…
Watch the promo on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4UtaedTPDI
Chetan
Do Not miss this at any cost..no gimmicks..no cheap thrills..a pure music lovers delight!! This is an amazing piece…what is more interesting is that RD is not even present on the screen..but he is still there…
Can’t wait for the release!! I just hope the coffee table book doesn’t burn a hole in my pocket ……
Hi Friends,
Log on to www.panchamunmixed.shemaroo.com and have a first look of Pancham Unmixed website…
We’l be coming with full live action soon
Chetan
Good website Chetan,
Can’t wait to lay my hands on the collections edition.
Thanks Nitin, well website is a team effort from Shemaroo and we are glad to know that you liked it …
my bad, collector’s edition, that is.