He had three songs-“Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja”, “Goron Ki Na Kalon Ki” and “Yaad Aa Raha Hai”-and knew that if he couldn’t keep them in their seats, the film would end early. Back then, every time a song came on, people would exit the auditorium to smoke a cigarette or take a loo break. Subhashji’s biggest worry was the climax. The film was all about such innovations since we were working on a shoe-string budget,” he recounts. They were selling each for Rs 16 and I bought 100 at a discounted price of Rs 14, pasted paper on them and flashed light from behind, making for a colourful set decor that cost me no more than Rs 10,000. “But on the way back, I spotted a small cycle shop with metal rings hanging outside. The moulded cane shop they visited at Opera House gave them an estimate of Rs 6 lakh which was way above what he could afford. But when he suggested to his art director that he wanted a production design similar to what he had seen in the 1979 English synth-pop hit “Video Killed the Radio Star”, he was told that it would cost him plenty. Subhashji was determined that the sets would also match those he had seen in foreign videos. However, it was not enough to just get a hit score from music director Bappi Lahiri. I took the words to Anjaanji who came up with the lines, ‘Doston Meri Yeh Zindagi Geeton Ki Amaanat Hai, Main Isiliye Paida Hua Hoon, Yeh Log Kehte Hain Main Tab Bhi Gaata Tha, Jab Bol Pata Nahin Tha, Yeh Paaon Mere To Tab Bhi Thirakte The, Jab Chalna Aata Nahin Tha.’ After that there was no looking back and he penned one chartbuster after another,” he narrates. “One of them spoke about how a young man’s mother would often say that he could sing before he spoke and dance before he could walk. “Even Anjaanji complained that he had no idea how someone would become a Disco Dancer and suggested I take another lyricist,” the filmmaker reminisces, sharing that he subsequently visited a book shop in Mumbai’s Fort area and returned home with pamphlets of songs from albums from across the world. The celebrations were muted this year because of the ongoing pandemic, but India’s Golden Man remembers a birthday bash from 1992, his last with his mother Bansari before she passed away.
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