Music Arranger Manohari Singh on S.D. Burman (Part III)

Other Inputs by Manohari Singh and His Family Members: Manohari Singh had visited the office of M/s Hindustan Recording Company sometime in 1945-1946 for work, and found two photographs hanging there, one of K. L. Saigal and the other of a gentleman wearing a turban (saafa), and looking regal. He asked them as to who was the turbaned gentleman in the photograph, and was told that it was Kumar Sachin Deb Burman. Being from the Royal family of Tripura, he was wearing a turban. On Meera Devi Burman: Manohari Singh’s daughter Mithu had this to say about Meera Devi Burman: ‘We (she and some of her siblings, in all there were five sisters and two brothers), studied in boarding schools and stayed in hostels. Whenever we came to visit our parents in Bombay for our holidays, Mrs Burman would insist that we go over to her large house and enjoy ourselves. She would regularly send over her car with driver to fetch us so that we had no excuse whatsoever. We would all go over to spend the day’. Mrs Manohari Singh, who used to accompany the kids, agreed with this statement. SDB's height: On being asked, Manohari Singh said that Dada was very tall, and, his height would be about 6 feet. * * * * *

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