Rahul Dev Burman (R.D. Burman) is today Bollywood's best loved composer of yesteryear. R.D., who started off assisting his legendary father S.D Burman in the 1950s, got his first break with Mehmood's Chote Nawab in 1961. Next came Nasir Hussian's Teesri Manzil (1966), which despite being a really big hit, it failed to earn R.D. a place in the top league. In the early 1970s, R.D.'s 'western' influenced music created waves through the industry and he established himself as one of the top 3 composers in India. Ironically there were no awards forthcoming during this decade, where R.D. produced some of Bollywood's best-ever scores. In fact, R.D. had to wait until 1982 for his first Filmfare Award. The 1980s and 90s saw only a few very good albums, with R.D. saving one of his finest for last. 1942 A Love Story earned R.D. Burman a posthumous Filmfare Award.