Golden age of Hindi film music

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Golden age of Hindi film music · The first Indian sound film, Alam Ara (1931), already had songs, and singing remained the core of the Hindi film. Actors usually do not sing themselves. Playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh record the songs, and the actors lip-sync. In the 1940s and 1950s, composers such as Naushad, S.D. Burman and the duo Shankar-Jaikishan became leading figures. They combined ragas and Indian instruments such as sitar, tabla and shehnai with Western strings, mandolin and accordion. Raj Kapoor's Awaara (1951) even became a hit in the Soviet Union. Mughal-e-Azam (1960) brought classical Indian singing and a large orchestra together.

Listening

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  Awara Hoon · Mukesh, 1951
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  Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye · Mohammed Rafi, 1957
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  Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya · Lata Mangeshkar, 1960

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Early sound film (talkies)
• Bollywood pop and disco (R.D. Burman era)
• Tamil and South Indian film music