Be it Bharat Bhushan playing a passionate musician in 'Baiju Bawra' (1952) and 'Basant Bahaar' (1956) or Rajendra Kumar playing an instrumentalist to the tune of Bismillah Khan in 'Goonj Uthi Shehnai' (1959) or Gopi Krishna and Sandhya leading a dance-centric musical 'Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje' (1955), music has been the heart and soul of Hindi cinema. In films like