Song and dance have been so unique to India and the film industry here. One of the reasons of a strong presence of Hindi movies in UK, US and other countries is the presence of song and dance sequences. Not only Hindi movies but all regional movies also have songs as their integral part. These songs and dance scenes are quite elaborate and lavishly filmed. Right from the inception of Indian film industry, songs have always been a prominent feature of all the movies.
Some of the recent hit songs have been Kaminey’s Dhan te Nan, Blue’s title track, Luck’s Aazma Luck, Love Aaj Kal songs especially Yeh Dooriyan, inn rahon ki dooriyan’ sung by Mohit Chauhan. Morey Saiyan from the film Teree Sang is also appreciated. ‘Hai Junoon’ from the film New York and Pehli Baar Mohabbat from Kaminey are also amongst the hit tracks.
The early years of Indian cinema i.e., 30s and 40s had primarily included classical music with less use of instruments in the film songs. Songs from Indian films have kept changing with the changing tastes of music aficionados and yet the typical Indian essence has remained intact. India has produced many great singers and musicians who have attained worldwide fame. Few notable musical talents India produced are K L Sehgal, Kishore Kumar, Khaiyyam, Mohd. Rafi, R D Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, S D Burman, Asha Bhonsle, and A R Rehman amongst others. With changing times, Indian music, songs and dance may change but the core of it will never change and will be kept alive in our hearts