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| Raj Kapoor in Shree 420 Movie |
Today I will
write about Indian Traditional cinema and the relationship of songs with Indian
cinema. In Hollywood or British Cinema or French, Italian, German cinema there
is no use or a little use of songs in the cinema. But song is a cultural part
of Indian subcontinent. Besides, there is importance of music or songs in Hindu
religion though it's religious music or song. In fact songs are also a cultural
and religious part of in Indian cinema along with Bangladeshi and Pakistani
cinema. But I want to express only about traditional or classical Indian Hindi
cinema and the popular song. In Indian cinema, popular sings have been used
extremely as a cultural and religious tradition. In the former Indian or traditional
cinema, many male and female singers have also cast for the popular songs.
Actually Hindi language movies produced in Bombay (now Mumbai) commonly known
as 'Bollywood Cinema'. Popular songs mostly have been used in Bollywood cinema.
The evergreen song 'Mera Joota Hai Japani' (My Shoes are Japanese' has been
used. Besides, Song has been used in Mira Mair's Mississippi Masala (1992). Besides,
popular song ' Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' (But the heart is still Indian) is
used in a film in which Shahrukh Khan has cast. But the song already being
cited by Hindi Films as early as Chori Chori (Sneaky Sneak, 1956) a loose remake
of Frank Capra's It happened One Night (1934) and the last film featuring the
legendary 1950s screen couple Raj Kapoor and Nargis as a romantic duo. The song
is briefly heard playing on the popular Radio Ceylon (at a time when All India
Radio didn't play film songs). Awara Hoon (I am a Vagabond) is the title song of
the film Awara (1951). It is a very popular song. At that time it was being played
a lot. The first Indian sound film 'Alam Ara' (The light of the world, 1931)
included seven songs established Indian cinema as a musical form. In 1930s, the
singing star K.L Saigal became legendary for his performances in films such as
Devdas (1935) and Street Singer (1938). In the next decades, female singers
Suraiya and 'Melody Queen' Noorjehan, who appeared on screen in Anmol Ghadi (Precious
Time, 1946) and dominated popular music. Popular male playback singers such as
Mohammad Rafi, Mukhesh, Manna Dey, Talat Mahmud and Kishore Kumar (the rare
playback singer who also starred in films) have contributed in the traditional
Indian cinemas.
