The Pancham Bible, as one may call it, is one of the most complete tributes that anyone ever paid to Pancham. And it is paid by Vishwas Nerurkar, the man behind the book. The book presents Pancham's work in as exhaustive a form as it could have been. It covers each song that Pancham is known to have composed, encompassing all languages (Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu), all mediums (TV, cinema, documentary, non-film, puja songs) and even unreleased works. It's difficult to even imagine the effort that Vishwas would have gone through in compiling this book. He was assisted by Bishwanath Chatterjee in this effort. And it goes without saying how much a Pancham fan feels thankful to Rashesh Shah (son of Bharat Shah), who presented and published this book.

Apart from the discography information, the book contains some excellent articles by Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Gulshan Bawra, A. Purushottam and Vishwas himself, paying tribute to RD. Interspersed with some memorable photographs, the book is an excellent piece of work in terms of printing, paper quality and design as well. For an RD fan, the book is as indispensable a possession as any of the maestro's scores.

Here's some more information about the book..

Dedicated to S.D. Burman First Published September 1997 Publisher Mr. Rashesh B. Shah Price INR 800

Can be obtained from Vishwas Nerurkar 2/15 Kailash Parwat Gilbert Hill Near Bhawan's College Andheri (W) Mumbai-400 058 Phone : 624 3587 Email: nerurkar@bol.net.in Copyright Vishwas Nerurkar

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