Perhaps the most enigmatic character in Indian film history is SD, aka Sachin Dev Burman, who gave Hindi film music its syntax. SD entered the worlds of film and popular music as the youthful scion of the Tripura royal dynasty. Early on, both professionally and personally, things were challenging. His family shunned him because of his odd career choice and marriage to a "commoner," and his official education was unable to protect him from rejection. This thorough biography, written by the team behind the best-selling R.D. Burman: The Man, The Work, pays homage to a great musician while also delving deeply into what it was about his music that made it so remarkable.