Straight from the heart...circa 2010
Love knows no boundaries, musical ones included. Maybe that’s why its depiction in Bollywood songs has moved from pious verses to blatant abuses. Musicians and songwriters, in a bid to connect with the youth, are giving romance a new definition.
Love knows no boundaries, musical ones included. Maybe that’s why its depiction in Bollywood songs has moved from pious verses to blatant abuses. Musicians and songwriters, in a bid to connect with the youth, are giving romance a new definition.
Lyricist Gulzar, for one, calls it a
kamina
in
Kaminey
. Where songs like
Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji
(
Ishqiya
) and
Namak
(
Omkara
) have an earthy appeal,
Rehna Tu
(
Delhi 6
) and
Zoobie Doobie
(
3 Idiots
) are conversational. New-age composers are also getting fresh voices to woo the audience. Throwing in a husky-voiced Mohit Chauhan for
Tumse Hi
(
Jab We Met
) helps, and so does Shilpa Rao’s magical alaap in
Tose Naina Lage
(
Anwar
).
But what remains unchanged is these songs’ treatment on celluloid. Part boisterous, part puppy, modern day love ballads are anything but hackneyed. But even as new mush anthems soothe your ears, don’t forget to croon classics this V-Day. They’re as immortal as love itself.
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