Music of Baiju Bawra:
Naushad, had come into prominence following his fourth film Station Master (1942), a Bhatt film production. The box-office success of Station Master helped Naushad showcase his talent and become popular. Naushad at this time was under contract to A. R. Kardar who had allowed him to score music for other companies.
Bhatt brought in Naushad to give music for Baiju Bawra because of his expertise in classical music. The two worked together along with Bhatt's older brother Shankar for six months. Shankar was "opposed" to the idea of a Hindi film filled with ragas as he feared it would drive the audiences away. But Naushad and Bhatt were adamant to change “public taste” in film music and in Naushad’s words "it worked". Naushad's use of classical music in Baiju Bawra helped it become one of the top ten films of the 1950s and is "remembered mostly for its music" The bandish in raga Desi between Amir Khan and D. V. Paluskar, and Khan's "Tori Jai Jai Kar" in raga Marwah constituted the highlights of the film. However, the solos by Mohammed Rafi "Man Tadpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj" in raga Malkauns, "O Duniya Ke Rakhwale" in raga Darbari, "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj" in raga Bhairavi and "Insan Bano" in raga Todi are cited as the "real treasures". His composition in the film is cited as the first use of classical medium by Naushad, but he had based a large number of his songs on Indian ragas. In Shahjehan (1946) he had composed three classical based tunes for K. L. Saigal, known to be a prominent classical singer. He did the same in Mela 1948 and Deedar 1951