There is also another version - "Main har ek pal ka shaayar hoon" - where Sahir perfectly mixes Hindi and Urdu in a mesmerizing love lyric. And in the role of a poet, he sparkled in this exposition of poetry with the lyrics by the legendary Sahir Ludhianvi, set to music by the under-appreciated Khayyam and rendered in Mukesh's soulful voice. It was Yash Chopra's "Kabhi Kabhie" (1976) that showed him in a successful romantic avatar. "Main pal do pal ka shaayar hoon": By 1975, Bachchan had cemented his image as the "angry young man" while proving he could do softer roles too.
Burman provided a peppy beat, and Rajinder Krishan the lyrics.
Kishore Kumar was at his exuberant best, R.D. See him cavort and prance around in a bus full of a cross-section of Indians, and you'll realize he had a career ahead of him. "Dekha na hai re socha na hai re" - "Bombay To Goa" (1972) was the first in which Bachchan had a starring role, and though it was moderately successful, it did bring him to the attention of several key stakeholders in the industry - notably upcoming script-writers Salim-Javed and veteran actor Pran - who would advance his career. These helped him to express a range of moods, reveal his innermost yearnings and his philosophy of life, advance the plot as the action takes place in the background or surreptitiously, or evoke humor to lighten the mood. On Big B's 80th birthday, let us revisit some of his musical hits from his first decade of super and megastardom, where the songs were not just romantic interludes with his lady love of the moment but also served various other purposes. Amitabh Bachchan fans may not recall the plots of his old landmark films, but the songs still strike a chord. Unlike Hollywood, where musicals are a separate genre, no Hindi film is complete without a full suite of songs - and they are what keeps a film alive in the minds of the people long after it has met its fate at the box office.
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