The only one to have composed for Hindi film superstars from K. L. Saigal to Shah Rukh Khan, he was skilful at seamlessly combining the melodies of Indian classical, the cadences of folk music ...
To him also goes the credit of taking Hindi film music to a new high by successfully classical maestros such as Ustad Amir Khan, D. V. Paluskar, and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan to lend their voices ...