Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries

Hindi Film Song is the proclaimed victory song of Indian popular music. Countless musicians, voices, composers and lyricists have contributed to its emergence and prosperity. Irrespective of origins and locations, Hindi Film Song has artistically explored, craftily modified numerous musical resources and sometimes even shamelessly plagiarized them!

Did K L Saigal sing better when drunk or sober> 

Was Kishore Kumar an actor who sang or a singer who emoted?

What did Lata Mangeshkar think when she heard Hemant Kumar?

Are 'songless' films hooted out in India?

Anecdotes, floating myths, rare reminiscences and moving personal encounters have lit up the world of Hindi Film Music. On the other hand, deep cultural convictions, significant musicological concepts and radical aesthetic ideas have also shaped it. 

Analyzing composers and voices, noting historical developments and discussing aesthetic issues, Dr. Ashok Ranade seriously and lovingly brings together all strands to trace a complete musical profile of the distinctly Indian phenomenon that continues to cross all kinds of boundaries . . .