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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalEminent showbiz journalist and Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award recipient Chaitanya Padukone, chimes a tribute that strings together amazing, amusing and fascinating anecdotes, incidents and idiosyncrasies as well as rare, startling photographs while unraveling the mystique behind Bollywood’s most adored composer-singer Rahul Dev Burman.
This Memoirs also features exclusive tributes to Panchamda from illustrious luminaries like Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Rishi Kapoor, A.R.Rahman, Zeenat Aman, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshammiya, Shekhar Kapur, Mahesh Bhatt, Babul Supriyo and cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, Hema Malini, 'late' Rajesh Khanna and many more.
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Chaitanya Padukone
Chaitanya D. Padukone is an eminent senior Bollywood film and music-biz journalist over the past three decades and is the recipient of the K.A. Abbas Memorial gold medal and trophy, which was conferred on him for creative excellence in film journalism by mega-star Amitabh Bachchan. More recently, he was honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award (2012) for his outstanding contribution to showbiz journalism. An alumnus of Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce and post-graduate of Bombay College of Journalism, Chaitanya has opted to make his literary debut by penning his memoirs on maverick music icon R D Burman (Pancham-da), with whom he shared a personal rapport for ten years, from 1983 up to end 1993. Besides chatting with RDB at film parties and movie premieres, music-savvy Chaitanya had the privilege of connecting with the legendary sangeetkaar RDB at his song and background recordings at Film Center. A former senior executive with HDFC Ltd, his passion is playing Bollywood songs on Western rhythm instruments.
