The cast of Baiju Aur Tansen - 2006 includes: Shah Rukh Khan as Bajiu
The cast of Gamanam - 1994 includes: Baiju Thilakan
The cast of Kandathum Kettathum - 1989 includes: Baiju
How many of us have heard of Baiju - Baiju Bawra? If it was not for a Hindi film made half century ago many of us would never have known Baiju. Like Tansen, Baiju was also a deciple of Swami Haridas. As the legend goes, when Baiju was a young child he was passing through the city of Fathehpur Sikri with his father and his father's trope of musicians who were singing bhajans. As they passed though the town they were challenged by the guards of the city who jailed them for defying the orders of Tansen by singing in public. All but one were murdered by the great servants of the grave empire. Baiju's life was spared as he was a small child. Burning with revenge and the injustice caused to him, Baiju came to Swami Haridas to learn music and spent his childhood with his guru. Finally there was a time when he entered the city of Fatehpur Sirki one more time and was again captured for his crime of singing. He was produced before the court where it was decided that he will have to compete with Tansen because he had challenged Tansen's supremacy in music. The looser was to pay with his life. The competition happened and the mighty Tansen fell flat before the Baiju. Tansen fell at Baiju's feet and asked his life to be spared. As a prize for having defeated Tansen, Akbar asked Baiju to ask for whatever he wanted. The kind hearted Baiju asked Akbar to spare Tansen's life and also to lift the ban on music in the town. Baiju returned to Gwalior. Tansen continued in his role as a Navratna. Our country hardly remembers Baiju and Tansen shines and inspires till date. There is something in this soil which intrigues me. There is something about my country which puts it in a different league. When I think of myself, I am proud to be born in the land where Baiju once walked. When I look at the greatest giants of my India, they lived their lives in the most humble and simple ways. Life of a yogi goes far beyond the ascetics in this land. It mesmerizes me to hear the tales of people taller than one can imagine - of souls who were born free - of goals which were beyond the riches, recognitions, power and control that this world can ever offer. If I was supposed to counsel myself on what to make out of my life - I am glad that the examples before me are much bigger than the richest, the strongest, the most successful and the most popular people of all the times.
The cast of Kalyana Kacheri - 1997 includes: Baiju Shobana Jagathi Sreekumar
The cast of Sthreedhanam - 1993 includes: Baiju as Pradeep Jagadish as Shanthan Urvashi as Vindhya
The cast of Vanarasena - 1996 includes: Philomina Sudheesh Baiju Anju Aravind Jagathi Sreekumar
The cast of Cabinet - 1994 includes: Mammukoya Baiju Vijayaraghavan Sukumaran Manian Pillai Raju Jagathi Sreekumar
The cast of Sulthan Hyderali - 1996 includes: Baiju Vijayaraghavan Chempakam Indrans Narendra Prasad Shammi Thilakan
The cast of Njan Kodiswaran - 1994 includes: Sudheesh Baiju Pappu Innocent Jagadish as Gopi Oduvil Unnikrishnan
The cast of Neelakurukkan - 1992 includes: Baiju Saikumar Asokan Ganesh Kumar as Nassar Manian Pillai Raju as Father Illikkoodan
The cast of Ozhimuri - 2012 includes: Jagadish Ayyappa Baiju Sudheer Karamana Shweta Menon as Kalipilla Ammachi Kochu Preman
The cast of Chandidas - 1934 includes: Ansaribai Nawab as Gopinath Parvathi as Kusum Umasashi as Rami Pahadi Sanyal as Baiju Ahi Sanyal as Shiromani