Shakeel Badayuni collaborated with SD Burman in just one film, Benazir (1964). Shailendra wrote the lyrics for Chote Nawab (1961), RD Burman’s first film as composer. While long-lasting creative partnerships are celebrated in the world of film music, their opposite acquires a certain mystique – a one-off collaboration between two legends, never to be repeated. There is a third factor at play, which, if strong, can elevate the partnership to another level altogether: the innate chemistry between the two individuals. They must be willing to accommodate a lot of give and take. In the case of music, the lyricist and composer must work with a deep understanding of each other’s sensibilities and strengths. In all aspects of filmmaking, creative empathy, respect and freedom are vital for team members – “tuning”, to borrow a metaphor from the film world itself. The main reason for such affinity is simple. OP Nayyar-SH Bihari, C Ramachandra-Rajendra Krishna, Kalyanji-Anandji-Indeevar, Shankar-Jaikishan-Hasrat-Shailendra and SD Burman-Majrooh are a few other longstanding composer-lyricist partnerships. Inevitably, Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni come to mind as an example of such extreme creative fidelity. In fact, there have even been rare cases of a composer working with only one lyricist for most of his career. Music composers would swear by certain lyricists, in many cases insisting that the producer/director hire only a specific person to write the songs. This tradition of enduring collaborations was most noticeable in the music-making aspect of films. For that matter, Mukherjee himself was Bimal Roy’s favourite editor for a long time. Working with VK Murthy, Radhu Karmakar and Jaywant Pathare respectively, they gave us many lovely films. Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor and Hrishikesh Mukherjee were particular about their choice of lensman.
Take directors and cinematographers, for instance. Several directors are known to have repeatedly picked the same scriptwriter, cinematographer, editor or music composer for their films. The history of Hindi cinema is replete with instances of enduring collaborations.
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