baiju had to leave his beloved to go to courts to compete with tansen so he was like really sad ashiq guys devdaas was not popular in 1942 in those days sehgal film was released and novel published but devdaas look became popular with dilip kumaar film only in 1955 so the makers had heard our accusations of making errors about era.as its period drama..had compared him to baiju bawra..who had also lost his beloved just like raj..hope it helps