

He moved to Mumbai in 1940, at the request of Sashadhar Mukharjee.

He started his career through Bengali films in 1937. He later learnt music under Bhismadev Chattopadhyay, Ustad Badal Khan, and Ustad Allauddin Khan. He took his formal education in music under musician KC Dey. However, he did not complete his MA degree as music got the better of him. He then left to study MA in Calcutta University. He was then admitted to Victoria College, Comilla from where he passed his IA in 1922 and then BA in 1924. He completed his matriculation in 1920 at the age of 14.

His father later took him from Kumar Boarding and admitted him to Yusuf School in Comilla, before Burman was admitted in Class V at Comilla Zilla School. Sachin Dev Burman was admitted to Kumar Boarding School in Agartala in Tripura. His father was Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman and his mother was Raj Kumari Nirmala Devi. Leading singers of the subcontinent like Lata Mangeskhar, Mohammad Rafi, Geeta Dutta, Manna Dey, Asha Bosle, Mukesh, Talat Mahmud and others have lent their voices to playbacks composed by Burman. SD Burman, born in 1906 in the then Comilla, Bengal Presidency (now Cumilla, Bangladesh), composed playbacks for over 100 films. We will pay tribute to SD Burman and honour his legacy at the music show,’ Bishwajit Roy, general secretary of Bangladesh Sangeet Sangathan Samannay Parishad, told New Age. He composed songs like Ke jas re bhati gang baiya, Rangeela rangeela re and others that are still popular among music lovers.

As a music composer, he set lyrics of many folk songs of Bhati region to music. He played an important role in promoting Bangla songs of Bhati region across India. ‘SD Burman was a legendary music director and singer of the Indian sub-continent. Soon after, Sachin Dev Burman began composing for Hindi films and over the span of his career, has worked on the music albums of over 100 films. SD Burman birth anniversary: The legendary musician was a member of the Tripura royal family and began his career with Bengali films in 1937.
