Baiju Bawra

Baiju Bawra is a story about a skilled singer who seeks revenge against a legendary vocalist, falls in love with the daughter of a boatman, forgets a promise he made to his father, gains exceptional musical education, and wins a musical duel against his opponent but ultimately faces tragic consequences. Baiju Bawra is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language Drama Musical film featuring Bharat Bhushan, Meena Kumari, Meena Kumari Bano, Surinder Kapoor, Kuldip Kaur, Bipin Gupta and Krishna Kumari. Prakash Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Vijay Bhatt and Shankar Bhatt. Baiju Bawra is written by Zia Sarhadi and directed by Vijay Bhatt. Prakash Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Baiju Bawra was released on 10th October 1952 and takes a screen time of 155 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of ₹1 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by R. S. Choudhury. Cinematography was done by V. N. Reddy and editing by Pratap Dave. The music was composed by Naushad. At the 1954 Filmfare Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Actress (Meena Kumari Bano) and Best Music Director.