I guess AR was awarded RD B award after Rangeela, he had come to the stage twice to collect on that year during FF awards once for RDB and the second time for best music - Rangeela. He happened to be the first one to receive the RDB award followed by Karthik Raja for Grahan in the later year.
--- In [email protected], V S Rawat <vsra...@...> wrote: > > On 2/5/2009 9:41 AM India Time, _Chord_ wrote: > > > Does anyone remember? Did he have any comments on ARR and his music > > before he passed on? > > wiki says R D Burman passed away on January 4, 1994. > > Roja Tamil was released in 1992, and Hindi version was released later on. > > The first Filmfare hindi section award that our man had got was named "R > D Burman Award for Best new musical talent", for Roja, Hindi; 1995. That > means Filmfare considered Roja Hindi film as released in 1994 and music > must have got released a few months earlier. Thus RDB must have come > across Roja Hindi music. > > -- > Rawat >
