It was Mahesh Bhatt who dipped into his poetry for yet another cathartic, semi-biographies, Daddy (1991). The result included a song without which, even today, no Talat Aziz concert or repertoire can be complete - the stunning Rajesh Roshan composition Aaina mujhse meri pehli si soorat maange.
The writer’s love for life and the hidden romantic in this bachelor was evident in Tum kya mile jaan-e-jaan/Pyar zindagi se ho gaya (Saatwan Aasmaan), Pyar ke liye bani main/Pyar ke liye saji main/Pyar ke liye rachi hoon main (Sau Crore) and Zindagi khubsoorat hai (Zindagi khubsoorat hai), which won Udit Narayan a National award.

Ironically, verse like this was a clear indicator of a bright and optimistic human being. In Muskurahat (which was Priyadarshan’s Hindi debut) where he was also co-writer, there was a definite message that discouraged isolation in a human being from his fellow humans. And one of his songs in that film had expressed the sentiment Apne dil mein ae logon bitha lo mujhe.
Sadly, that never really happened for Suraj Sanim.