‘RD Burman was jobless for five years, his famous music room was dirty’, shares Abhijeet Bhattachaya: ‘I don’t have work’

He added, “However, RD Burman did realise that I was being wronged. I tried visiting him a couple of times after I became famous. I often passed his home on my way to Rajesh Roshan’s house. I would often spot him sitting in his balcony in the evenings. He was jobless for over five years.”

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During this phase, Abhijeet tried a couple of times to visit the legendary composer. He said, “Once I went to see him, he had a house help Manu Da and he attended to me at the door. After seeing me, he lied to me, ‘Pancham Da is not home.’ I knew he was lying by the tone of his voice. I attempted to visit him again, and this time he was sitting at the spot which usually used to be his music room. It used to be so lively, filled with musical instruments, singers, and musicians. Now, the place had lost its charm. It seemed like nobody had visited the room in a very long time, and neither had anybody cared to clean the space.”

“When he saw me, he told me, ‘Hey, you’re doing so well in your career, why are you here?’ And I said, ‘Spending even fifteen minutes with you makes me feel nice.’ He told me, ‘I am jobless right now’. Maybe he was trying to tell me that when he gets a big gig, he will approach me,” shared Abhijeet.

After a while, RD Burman composed music for 1942: A Love Story, but passed away just before the film hit the screens. It was one of his last works. The soundtrack was on the 13th spot on the list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time, according to Planet Bollywood.