R. D. Burman teams up with poet and lyricist Gulzar to create Masoom's soulful soundtrack. The album's intensity is clear early on with "Huzur Is Kadar"—a ghazal performed by Suresh Wadkar and Bhupindra Singh—followed closely by male and female versions of "Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi"; woe dripping from Lata Mangeshkar's voice in hers, while Anup Ghoshal's baritone adds fervour to his. The record ends with a return to innocence, however, with the carefree tune of "Lakdi Ki Kathi" capturing the blissful ignorance of children unaware of adulthood's many ups and downs.