THe biggest contribution he made to Indians and Indian cinema is that he established Amitabh Bachchan as angry young man and as an actor in "Namak Haram". Further through various movies as Abhiman, Mili, Chupke Chupke, Bemisal, he brought various dimensions of capabilities of Amitabh. So he had a great contribution to convert so call hors-faced Amitabh Bachchan of 1969 to the Big B of 2006.
