His simple rhythmic style used to make me ecstatic! There were no stunts and he used to sing effortlessly. He used to sing Ramayana for us on Sunday afternoons after lunch. I was bent towards folk music, simultaneously with classical music. Wahaan kaun hai tera, musafir… jayega kahaan… – Guide (1965) “One of the best things about him was that he brought folk music in film tunes.” His melodies had a different appeal,” sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan had said at the launch of the book Sun Mere Bandhu Re. The range of music he gave from Bandini to Pyaasa to Guide, he was amazing at everything. “He was one of the music greats of our country, his thinking and creativity was unique.
What makes Burman Dada’s music stand the test of time? What gives it that everlasting appeal? What makes music lovers turn back to him wanting more? What gives his music a signature that is unmistakably his? This ‘musafir’ from the north-eastern state of Tripura, fondly called Burman Dada, who made music his love, his being and his identity may not have imagined that 40 years since he passed away, his music will continue to rule the hearts of hundreds of thousands of music lovers.
When you hear the inimitable S D Burman sing this song in his unique, rustic style, you can’t help get carried away into a world far beyond the humdrum of everyday life, a world of your own, pensive, thoughtful, evocative… “Wahaan kaun hai tera, musafir… jayega kahaan…” Rare picture of S D Burman refined from an autographed picture “With love Shachin” in Sachin Dev Burman ‘Smriti Samaroh’ Smarika (Hindi journal)
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