Dil Toh Pagal Hai was his first ever success as a solo music director. This film, directed by Yash Chopra, released in 1977, was a superhit film and music contributed a lot to the film’s success.

Curiously, Yash Chopra began his journey as an independent producer-director in 1973 with Raakhee Gulzar (in Daag) and ended with her husband Gulzar who wrote all the songs of Jab Tak Hai Jaan.