While watching an old movie with my mumma, I noticed that the songs featured in the movie had depth in their lyrics. And, the words used were like the words I would find in a book for GRE in Hindi. These words aren’t used so frequently in our Hindi speaking world. Somehow Hindi has lost its charm along the way and I want to blame bollywood for it but something stops me from doing that. Maybe, it is not all bollywood. Maybe, bollywood changed its course due to public demand. Maybe, Hindi lost its importance along the way in school life for kids. I would not deny my last sentence because I know for fact it’s true. I wanted to write a reply to the letter from my grandpa in Hindi because he wrote his letter in Hindi and I couldn’t. I thought I might forget some matras or misspell words. So, I ended up writing my letter in English because I had more practice in English than in Hindi.
Coming back to the depth in Hindi songs which are terribly missing. They might be fun to hear and enjoy for awhile but in the end they are nothing in comparison to the old Hindi songs. Those songs would touch your heart and you would never forget about them. Songs like “Ek ladki bheegi bhagi si” or even the tacky song like “Sar ka liyo khatiya jaada lagey” are still stuck in my mind and I still love listening to them. In comparison to “munni badnaam” or “Sheila ki jawani” which are baseless, meaningless and I would name them as “Ek raat ki chandni type songs”. But, songs by pop artists like "Euphoria" have depth and you love listening to them again and again. In yesteryears, lyricist would write the song on the situation first and then, the music director will add music to it. Nowadays, it’s vice versa as the music director comes up with a catchy tune and then the song is written to fit the beats. I would say amazing effort by lyricists. But, sometimes bollywood comes up with songs which will remind you of those golden years and in a way keep up with that image. I wonder how long will Kishore Kumar songs will go on entertaining the youth of this country. Will my kids be able to love his songs the way I do?
It is that phase in cinema music composition world where the 'composers' believe they make 'tuney' to which then words come in to existence.
ReplyDelete" Maine ek raat mein 7 gaano ko tuney di" is what we hear from most of the composers of the cinema world. Real musician TUNEY nahi banata.
There was a time when musicians took months to do up a song, conceptualize multiple tunes to a song and select the best of it. But, that's all but gone as this is an instant idli and 2 minute noodles generation.
Aaaaah! Such a waste of talent!
ReplyDelete