It will be appreciated that she has paid due regards to most of the famous
directors of that time, who groomed her in acting, singing and dancing. Other
such actresses of that time were Noor Jahan and Khurshid. After independence
they migrated to Pakistan. Most of Suraiya's melodious songs were composed by
the mastereos like Naushad, Anil Biswas, Khurshid Anwar, Sajjad Husain
(films"1857"- "Teri Nazar mein mein rahoon" and Rustom Sohrab- "Yeh kesi ajab
dastan"), Ghulam Haider ("Phool" and "Jagbiti"-Hum ko bhool na jana o perdesia),
Naresh Bhatacharia (Dak Bangla- "Pipal ki chaon mein"), Shayam Sunder (Chardin ,
Kamal ke phool - "Mita sake to mita de dunia" and partly Urvashi) and Pt. Gobind
Ram (Do Dil - "Mati ka buut bha gea")