Down Melody Lane: Reconnecting with Music for the Soul through Hrishikesh Mukherjee films
October 07, 2007
Kavita Chhibber - It is true that while film is a visual medium, Indian cinema is often defined by the music it presents within its realm. I don't know about others but each time I come out of a cinema hall, the first thing I hum is the music.

I have to admit though that in recent years I'm beginning to fast forward a lot of movie songs in films because of the poor quality of lyrics or melody.

Today the mediocrity of most music that is being churned out is camouflaged by heavy orchestration, a lot of hoopla and hype and many companies are spending mega bucks to promote their albums. And yet most singers worth their salt know what works what doesn't.

When I asked Asha Bhosle what she thought of today's music and singers, she had said, "Not much really. In those days apart from having great musicians we had amazing songwriters, that is why those melodies are evergreen. Today for how long are you going to listen to songs like "Kambaqht Ishq" and "Ishq Kamina?" In addition, television has given mediocre music an extended lease on life. A song is aired, you can see it is average, but when it is aired repeatedly, you start accepting it, but it never ceases to amaze me how people with such limited knowledge of music or little talent can go and release albums at the drop of the hat!"



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