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The 1952 Hindi movie “Baiju Bawra” is based on the legend of Baiju Bawra from the days of the Mughal era. Baiju, the son of a musician, also grows up to be a musician. He starts believing that Tansen -- the legendary musician at Akbar's court-- is responsible for his father's death. The movie then follows Baiju's attempts to avenge his father's death by challenging Tansen to a musical duel. Music director Naushad and lyricist Shakeel Badayuni created some memorable Raga-based soundtracks for the film which brought Naushad a Filmfare Award as the Best Music Director.
The stupendous success of the soundtracks also established Mohammad Rafi as the top playback singer, while the other playback singers in the film were Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum, classical vocalists Amir Khan and D. V. Paluskar.
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