The coffee table book, accompanying the album is a good read. The documentary is based on interviews with Asha Bhonsle, Gulzar, Shammi Kapoor, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Manna Dey, Pt Ronu Majumdar among others who describe the phenomenon called Pancham. Brahmanand S Singh who has made an effort to put the life and music of the maestro in one package comprising a DVD (Pancham Magic), 30 original videos of some of the best tracks created by Pancham DVD (Pancham Unmixed) a two hour documentary made on his life and a coffee table book, Pancham - Strings of Eternity. Pancham Unmixed is an album for collectors and connoisseurs, especially for R D Burman fans. Unfortunately, he never lived to see either the success of his music nor the hundreds of remixes that continue to sell on his name till date. For a while Burman was down and out before he composed some outstanding tunes for Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda followed by 1942 A Love Story giving him a new birth.
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