भोर सुहानी आई

'Bhor Suhani Aayi' is one of three songs that the actress Naseem Banu sang in her own voice for the 1942 social drama Ujala, in the era before playback singing had displaced the actress-singer. Composed by Bashir Dehlvi, the song frames the arrival of a beautiful dawn — a morning of hope set within the film's story of love crossing the lines of background and circumstance.

Bashir Dehlvi keeps the setting gentle and melodic, in the unhurried early-1940s style that suited a non-professional singer like Naseem Banu — a clear, undecorated tune that lets the voice carry the morning imagery without demanding the gymnastics of a trained classical vocalist.