R.D.Burman was alive, when Roja got released. And i am sure he must have listened to it (because he always had the habit of listening to the length and breadth of music happening across the world). As for his reactions/opinions: We may never know because the Press never bothered to approach him, for any interviews, during his last days. Infact, most of the industry alienated him during that period and they woke up only to express their shock, when he passed away. ofcourse, few weeks later, the music of 1942-A Love Story got released and suddenly people realized that a genius named R.D.Burman was existing right in front of them. RD might have listened to Roja for sure, if not in 1992, atleast in 1993, when the film got dubbed into Hindi ( Hindi Roja got released almost-but-not-exactly, alongside Thiruda Thiruda in 1993). And RD passed away in 1994. Just that nobody cared to talk to him in those days and hence we dont know what he had to say about Roja's music and emergence of new talent.
Regards Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla. http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Gomzy™ <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gomzy™ <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] Was RD Burman alive when Roja was released? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:05 AM Not sure if RDB had to say anything on Roja but ARR did get the R D Burman Music Debutant Award for Roja :) On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Gomzy™ <gomtesh.upadhye@ gmail.com> wrote: He was very much alive. His last release 1942 love story was in 1993. He passed away in 1994. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Chord <purev...@yahoo. com> wrote: Does anyone remember? Did he have any comments on ARR and his music before he passed on?
