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Description In 1996, Najma Akhtar released Forbidden Kiss: The Music of S.D. Burman with American musician Chris Rael, of the band Church of Betty. Rael's band had previously experimented with Indian and western music. After meeting at the Contemporary Indian Music Festival in Vienna, Akhtar and Rael began work on a tribute album to the renowned Indian composer S.D. Burman. Burman was a prolific composer who wrote popular hit songs for the Indian film industry between the 1950s and the 1970s. Many of his songs became household classics and his son, R.D. Burman, continued his father's legacy and became an equally successful composer. Rael produced and arranged the album with New York composer Brian Woodbury, while Akhtar provided the vocal accompaniments. The songs featured on the album are from popular Indian films such as, Guide, Jewel Thief, Aradhana, and Prem Nagar. |
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Recordings Najma Akhtar has released six albums to date, including: Ghazals by Najma in 1988, Qareeb in 1989, Atish in 1990, Pukar in 1992, Forbidden Kiss: the Songs of S.D. Burman in 1996, and her latest release, Vivid in 2002. The digitised items include a selection of CD, tape and record sleeves, press releases and photographs. |