


In Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, his entry was with the song 'Rote Hue Aate Hain Sab'. Amitabh Bachchan had established himself as the industry’s alpha male and his entry in films had become a thing. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar may not be a classic film album but in my estimate, as a child of the 1970s/1980s, it has an important place in the Indian pop culture. The two Kishore solos are beautiful and achingly poignant. What the album did not have in numbers, it more than made up for in quality. Perhaps because of Dada Burman’s demise, the film’s soundtrack had just three songs. He passed away during the film’s making and it was RD Burman who recorded the songs for Mili. My pick from Abhimaan is 'Meet Na Mila Re Man Ka'. The songs in between use other singers to portray a conflicted, insecure husband. The second, a duet with Lata Mangeshkar, 'Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina', appears in the film’s stunning climax in which the singer gets over his insecurity and reconciles with his wife. The first, 'Meet Na Mila Re Man Ka' was at the beginning of the film, when Amitabh Bachchan’s character is at the peak of his singing career. He used Kishore Kumar for just two songs. SD Burman’s genius can be seen not just in the music he made for the film but also the singers he picked for Amitabh Bachchan’s character. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s thoughtful direction, SD Burman’s award-winning score and Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri’s excellent portrayal of a couple weathering a troubled marriage makes Abhimaan an evergreen classic.
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Abhimaan was the only movie produced under this banner. Long before celebrity couple names were in vogue, Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri formed a production company named Amiya Pictures. 'Dole' was Mehmood’s nickname for Amit Kumar. Incidentally, the phrase "dole dole dole dole” was a last minute inclusion and was inspired by Amit Kumar’s presence in the studio. Kishore Kumar, who also had a cameo in the film, belted out the song in a manner that made this song a staple for travelling groups. Amitabh Bachchan was known to be a reluctant dancer and it was Mehmood’s counsel that extracted an energetic performance from him. Unfortunately, the song was not filmed and given the theme of this post, a better pick would be the boisterous 'Dekha Na Haye Re'. My favourite song from the film is the melodious Kishore-Lata duet 'Tum Meri Zindagi Mein'. While the film was moderately successful, it is said to have helped Amitabh bag his career-making role in Zanjeer the next year. This was amongst Amitabh’s earliest films in a lead role. To mark Amitabh Bachchan’s 73rd birthday on October 11 and Kishore Kumar’s 28th death anniversary on October 13, I pick their ten most memorable collaborations. In the span of a decade, Kishore Kumar recorded more than double the number of songs he had recorded in the previous two decades and Amitabh Bachchan became a superstar. By the end of the 1970s, they had completely transformed their careers. As luck would have it, they came to work together a lot and in the years to come, they became as identifiable a pair as Mohammed Rafi and Shammi Kapoor were in the 1960s. While Amitabh Bachchan was rookie, Kishore had been around for more than two decades. In the early 1970s, two individuals came to the fore - Kishore Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan - and ruled Bollywood for the next two decades.
