A prince in Bollywood

If Burman's music endures, it is because he was clear that his music should resonate with the common man

S D Burman: The Prince Musician

Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal

Tranquebar

344 pages; Rs 799

What happens when two music aficionados come together to pen a book on their favourite music composer? The result is an extensively researched, anecdote-filled gem that is worth keeping in your personal library. Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal’s previous book on R D Burman (R D Burman: The Man, The Music) set the bar high by winning them the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema. That may be why the writers have ensured that their next book, this time on the father,