The Best of Bollywood
The Best of Bollywood
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Release Date: 6-MAY-2003Now that Bollywood (Bombay-plus-Hollywood--an affectionate nickname for India's terrifyingly productive film industry) has finally gone mainstream in the West (Bride and Prejudice, Monsoon Wedding), many American listeners are curious to know more about the genre's extremely busy soundtrack singers. Club-goers are already primed by Bhangra nights, but for the uninitiated,
“15 selections will leave you wanting more ~ Bollywood”,
My new son-in-law Inam Rehman (India), introduced my family and I to the culture of India through the films of his country. Much of what I’ve seen is interesting and exciting ~ therefore when “The Best of Bollywood” came my way I jumped at the chance to review it. Of course the first Indian sound film came into being March 14, 1931 “Alam Ara” ~ since then we’ve seen thousands of films come out of India.
But to me it is the music that really grabs you first ~ films like what is being featured on this album ~ “Janabaaz”, “Qurbani”, “Tere Mere Sapne”, Johny Mera Naam”, “Julie”(that’s my daughters name), “Gambler”, “Dil Tujhko Diya”, “Sholay” (biggest film of the lot, sold over 20 million soundtrack albums), “Devdas”, “Lajja”, “Bombay” and “Chori Chori Chupke Chupke” ~ all in all, films from India do very well in other parts of the world. For example, take a look at “Monsoon Wedding”, the comedy drama blended family and domestic problems within the clever direction from director Mira Nair ~ keeping a North Indian Hindu Wedding in full swing ~ very popular in the USA.
Job well done to Hip-O Records, who within the realm of the Entertainment Industry has captured the essence of “Bollywood Films” through their music and traditions. A must have for all “film-score-buffs” and “World Music” fans, this is a must have ~ in plain words a keeper!
Total Time: 77:57 on 15 Tracks ~ Hip-O Records B0000359-2 ~ (5/06/2003)
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|Its all about the music,
Everyone knows the best thing about Bollywood is the music. This is a fun collection across time of some popular songs. I like most of the older songs the best, but there are a couple of exceptions. This is a really broad selections that soungs best with the volume turned up. Feel free to sing along (um…its probably for the best that I don’t speak hindi anyway).
Standout songs: Laila o laila, wada na tod, badi mushkil, pyar do pyar lo, hay maine
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