Bollywood music charts
Bollywood music charts
The film industry of Bombay is often described as Bollywood. Films produced in Bollywood are generally musical. Songs and dance are an integral part of Bollywood movies. Many a times it is good music that decides the fate of the movies. Bollywood music charts contain the list of top song from Hindi films. If you have taken notice of A.R. Rahman’s score in the Oscar-winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ you will realize how important the role of music is in India. Bollywood music charts are filled with songs from talented composers and singers. The Indian music industry was started way back in the 1930′s. Back then, the music in Indian films were traditional as compared to today, music styles today have got assimilated from various genre. Movies and music are inseparable in India. To scale high on the Bollywood music charts producers often hire a team of music directors for a single movie. This is because multiple musical heads are considered a better and a safe option. It makes sense as most of the popular songs on the Bollywood music chart come from movies. Another trend of the Indian Film industry is the use of studio singers who sing on behalf of the actor or actress in the movie. They are better known as playback singers. The philosophy behind dubbing an actor on screen is to attain perfection. Hiring playback singers indicate that the economy of the Indian Film Industry is on the right track and services of artist are being used on a long-term basis instead of temporary. Although playback singers in the industry are not real stage performers they have been around for a good number of years and reaping financially. The singers here do not aspire to be live performers although they have excellent voices. ‘Jai Ho’ from the Oscar winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is the perfect example of group playback singing which is a significant part of Indian songs. However the current lot of singers prefer doing both playback as well as stage performance. Therefore playback singers will always remain a part of Bollywood forever rather than having the actors sing in their natural untrained voices and also because the audience here although aware of it have accepted this fact. But undoubtedly Indian musical scores are more inventive, richer and contain hypnotic qualities. In India the soundtrack album is released much before the release of the film, this is to generate the buzz for the film. Profits can be reaped if the music enters the Bollywood music charts. So irrespective of whether the movie does well or not at the box-office good music and talented artists always get recognized.










