Old timers would recall how Beimaan (1972), otherwise a mediocre movie, swept all the major Filmfare awards in 1973. In fact, Pran, who was also among the winners for the best supporting actor, declined to accept his award in protest against the denial of the best music award to an all-time classic like Pakeezah, a joint collaboration of composers Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad. This award had, incidentally, gone to Shankar-Jaikishan for none other than Beimaan. Earlier, Sachin Dev Burman’s extraordinary compositions in The Guide (1965) had lost to Shankar-Jaiskishan’s Suraj at the Filmfare awards.