Ek Musafir Ek Haseena (1962)
At the cusp of the 1950s and the 1960s, there was a sharp dip in Nayyar's career. His temperamental nature and high asking-price brought a quick downslide. Qualitatively, Nayyar still soared high (for 1960's Kalpana he composed the evergreen classical song: Tu hai mera prem devta besides the ghazal Beqasi had se jab guzar jaaye) but commercially he was being edged out.
Ek Musafir Ek Haseena marked a thumping comeback for Nayyar. Three Rafi-Asha duets from the film -- Main pyar ka rahi hoon, Bahut shukriyan badi meharbani and Aap yuhi agar humse milte rahe -- breathed a die-hard romanticism that still entrances listeners.
The film's producer Shashadhar Mukherji was that rare filmmaker who consistently backed Nayyar -- from Tumsa Nahin Dekha to Ek Musafir to Sambandh to Ek Baar Muskura Do. Nayyar spoke fondly of the love and pampering that Guru Dutt and Mukherji lavished on their creative team and said: 'S Mukherji will inspire even my ashes after my death.'
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