The Rough Guide to Bollywood

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All Music Guide - Steve Leggett
It's imposing to even try to survey the cinematic pop music work of India's Bollywood in a single disc, for the number of movies the Bombay-based center of the Hindi-language film industry has released since the 1940s probably outnumbers the stars in the heavens and its actors and actresses manage to sing a song, or two or three, in every one of them -- only it isn't them singing, but "playback singers" who provide the prerecorded vocals, while the actors lip-sync them onscreen. Playback singing is a precise and difficult art, and some playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar (who is represented here with three selections) have become shadowy stars whose faces are never seen...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Steve Leggett
It's imposing to even try to survey the cinematic pop music work of India's Bollywood in a single disc, for the number of movies the Bombay-based center of the Hindi-language film industry has released since the 1940s probably outnumbers the stars in the heavens and its actors and actresses manage to sing a song, or two or three, in every one of them -- only it isn't them singing, but "playback singers" who provide the prerecorded vocals, while the actors lip-sync them onscreen. Playback singing is a precise and difficult art, and some playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar (who is represented here with three selections) have become shadowy stars whose faces are never seen onscreen. While it barely begins to scratch the surface of Bollywood's massive musical catalog, Rough Guide has at least provided a starting point, and the track-by-track liner notes will help novices begin to navigate the confusing Bollywood waters.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/12/2010
  • Label: World Music Network
  • UPC: 605633117929
  • Catalog Number: 331179
  • Sales rank: 59,804

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Dance Music (I) - R.D. Burman (2:17)
  2. 2 Dum Maro Dum Mit Jaye Gham - Asha Bhosle (2:36)
  3. 3 Raina Beeti Jaye - Lata Mangeshkar (4:17)
  4. 4 Ek Ladki Ko Dekha - Kumar Sanu (4:35)
  5. 5 Tere Bina Jiya - Lata Mangeshkar (5:46)
  6. 6 Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu - Geeta Dutt (4:26)
  7. 7 Yari Hai Imaan Mera - Manna Dey (6:17)
  8. 8 Dilbar Dil Se Pyare - Lata Mangeshkar (4:43)
  9. 9 Aaya Hoon Main Tujhko Le Jaoonga - Kishore Kumar (7:57)
  10. 10 Pyar Hua Chupke Se - Kavita Krishnamurthy (5:14)
  11. 11 Dukh Bhare Din Beete Re Bhaiya - Rafi (3:08)
  12. 12 Dance Music (II) - R.D. Burman (1:29)
  13. 13 Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte - Sonu Nigam (6:33)
  14. 14 [CD-ROM Track]
Disc 2
  1. 1 Beats of the Heart: There'll Always Be Stars In The Sky
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Album Credits

Technical Credits
Ken Hunt Sleeve Notes
Naushad Composer
Sandra Alayon-Stanton translation
R.D. Burman Composer
Javed Akhtar Composer, Lyricist
Majrooh Sultanpuri Composer, Lyricist
Rahul Dev Burman Composer
Gulzar Composer, Lyricist
O.P. Nayyar Composer
Anand Bakshi Composer, Lyricist
Kalyanji Anandji Composer
Qamar Jalalabadi Composer, Lyricist
Salim-Sulaiman Composer
Jeremy Marre Director, Producer
Shakeel Badayuni Composer, Lyricist
Irène Rognier translation
Jaideep Sahni Composer, Lyricist
Gulshan Bawra Composer, Lyricist
Esperansa Alayón translation
Laurence Cedr Mastering
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