- He often spent nights sleeping on the footpath opposite the Broadway theatre in Bombay, and dreamt of seeing his music played over there. Sixteen years later, he burst into tears at the premiere of Baiju Bawra (1952), at that same theatre.
- Naushad used to study every aspect of his tunes thoroughly. If he wasn't satisfied with even one word, he would ask the lyricist to rewrite the whole line. He would take a fortnight to compose a single song and often composed music for just two films a year.
- He composed the tunes of Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005) at the age of 86, thus becoming the world's oldest composer.
- Composer Khemchand Prakash took him on as his assistant, for which he remained extremely grateful and in interviews Naushad has called him his guru.
- While he did less than a hundred films during his lifetime, 26 of those films went on to celebrate jubilees. Out of those films, eight of them went on to celebrate golden jubilees and four of them diamond jubilees.
- Son Rehman Naushad is a actor and director.
- Son Raju Naushad is married to Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri's daughter Sabah.
- When Naushad arrived in Mumbai lived on footpath opposite Broadway cinema in Dadar East as it was easy accessible to Ranjit Studio. When Baiju Bawra 1952 was premiered at Broadway theatre he went to one of the windows of theatre and looked at the footpath and said it took me 15 years to reach from there to here.
- In Uran Khatola (1955), he recorded an entire song without the use of orchestra, having replaced the sound of musical instruments with choral sound of humming.
- Mother India (1957), for which he had composed music, was the first Indian film that got nominated for an Oscar award.
- He also introduced the accordion to Hindi film music and was among the first to focus on background music to extend characters' moods and dialogue through music. But perhaps his greatest contribution was to bring Indian classical music into the film medium.
- For films like 'Uran Khatola' and 'Amar', he recorded the voice of a particular artiste on a scale of 90, then recorded it on 70, then on 50 and so on. After the complete recording, it was played for the scene and the impact it created was terrific.
- For Aan (1952), he was the first to use a 100-piece orchestra. He was the first composer to have developed the system of western notation in India. The notation for the music of the film 'Aan' was published in book form in London.
- For Ganga Jamuna (1961), he used lyrics in chaste Bhojpuri dialect.
- Naushad was also a respected and published poet and formally launched his book of Urdu poetry entitled Aathwaan Sur ("The Eighth Note") and the Navras label's album titled "Aathwan Sur - The Other Side of Naushad" having 8 ghazals as part of Hounslow's book fair and festival "Bookmela" in November 1998. The album has lyrics and composition by Naushad, arranged by Uttam Singh.
- From 1942 until the late 1960s, he was one of the top music directors in Hindi films. While he did 65 films during his lifetime, 26 of those films celebrated Silver jubilees (25 weeks run) - 8 celebrated golden jubilees (50 weeks run) and 4 celebrated diamond jubilees (60 weeks run) - (inclusive count - a diamond jubilee film also celebrates Silver and Golden jubilees).
- He received The title of Special Executive Magistrate, Mumbai.
- For Mughal-e-Azam (1960) song Ae Mohabbat Zindabad, he used a chorus of 100 persons.
- In 1981, Naushad was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
- He was one of the first to introduce sound mixing and the separate recording of voice and music tracks in playback singing.
- Naushad had requested the Maharashtra State Government to sanction a plot for an institution for promoting Hindustani music. This was sanctioned during his lifetime and the 'Naushad Academy of Hindustani Sangeet' was formed.
- He was the first to combine the flute and the clarinet, the sitar and mandolin.
- Naushad was ranked as one of the most respected and successful music directors of Indian Film Industry.
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