Within the first few years itself, Hindi cinema had produced a variety of films which easily categorised into genres such as "historicals", "mythologicals", "devotional, "fantasy" etc.
In 1934 Hindi film songs began to be recorded on gramophones and later, played on radio channels, giving rise to a new form of mass entertainment in India which was responsive to popular demand. Right from the advent of Indian cinema in 1931, musicals with song numbers have been a regular feature in Indian cinema. However, the practice subsided and subsequent films usually featured between six and ten songs in each production. This was closely followed by Shirheen Farhad (1931) by Jamshedji Framji Madan, also by Madan, which had as many as 42 song sequences strung together in the manner of an opera, and later by Indra Sabha which had as many as 69 song sequences. Hindi film songs are present in Hindi cinema right from the first sound film Alam Ara (1931) by Ardeshir Irani which featured seven songs.
Urdu poetry has had a particularly strong impact on Bollywood songs, where the lyrics draw heavily from Urdu poetry and the ghazal tradition. Linguistically, Bollywood songs tend to use vernacular Hindustani, mutually intelligible to self-identified speakers of both Hindi and Urdu, while modern Bollywood songs also increasingly incorporate elements of Hinglish. The first song recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and the first Bollywood film Alam Ara (1931) were under Saregama, India's oldest music label owned by RPSanjiv Goenka Group. Though Hindi films routinely contain many songs and some dance routines, they are not musicals in the Western theatrical sense the music-song-dance aspect is an integral feature of the genre akin to plot, dialogue and other parameters. Hindi film songs are now firmly embedded in North India's popular culture and routinely encountered in North India in marketplaces, shops, during bus and train journeys and numerous other situations. Hindi film songs form a predominant component of Indian pop music, and derive their inspiration from both classical and modern sources. Derived from the song-and-dance routines common in Indian films, Bollywood songs, along with dance, are a characteristic motif of Hindi cinema which gives it enduring popular appeal, cultural value and context. 1735 (Rajasthan)īollywood songs, more formally known as Hindi Geet or filmi songs, are songs featured in Bollywood films.
Watch the full song here.A woman playing the Tanpura, c. Here are 20 such soulful Bollywood songs that speak directly to our souls: 1. Similarly, there have been many more such songs with really soulful and meaningful lyrics that reinstate our belief that there's much more to Bollywood music than just Munnis and Sheilas.
Rockstar, for instance, is one movie whose music was stellar and we still play it on loop.
Songs that are still close to our hearts and have soothed us in times of need. There have been many songs in the past 6 years that we still cherish and listen to on repeat. Our lyricists haven't completely disappointed us. These songs became the selling points of their films but really lowered the bar as far as lyrics are concerned.īut all is not lost when it comes to Bollywood music. What with songs like Sheila ki jawani and Munnis badnaami topping the charts in Bollywood. Off late, Bollywood music has been quite depressing in terms of lyrics.