He needed a new music composer after the sudden demise of R.D. The first film by Gulzar for which Vishal composed music was Maachis. That was the story of Vishal’s career as a music director. And then the music of Godmother was forgotten, even by the music company which marketed the music. Then came Sunny Deol’s aborted production London, for which Vishal composed some of his finest songs ever.