Asha Bhosle had had stray hit songs before. But this B R Chopra blockbuster in which she sang all the songs for an A-list heroine (Vyjayanthimala) firmly established Asha as the playback singer second only to Lata Mangeshkar. It also established Asha as a fixture in Nayyar's oeuvre.

At the peak of his successful streak with Naya Daur, Nayyar proved that a composer could be a thumping success -- and consistently so -- even without using Lata's vocals ever!

Naya Daur's crowd-pleasing score is limned with the robust Punjabi rhythms of the bhangra in songs like Reshmi salwar kurta jaali ka, Yeh desh hai veer jawano ka and the ever popular Uden jab jab zulphein teri.