Bollywood

Ten Greatest Songs of Bollywood
Last year, A R Rahman created ripples by winning two Oscars, becoming the first Bollywood Musician to achieve this distinction. However, Bollywood has a long tradition of cine-music. It draws extensively from the ancient music traditions of India as well the centuries old folk rhymes surviving among the villages from time immemorial. Modern Music directors like A R Rahman have mixed it with modern instruments and Western beats to create a new genre that the world is beginning to take note of....

Ten Greatest Songs of Mukesh - The Legendary Singer of Bollywood
MUKESH - The Legendary Singer of Bollywood
Mukesh, whose full name was Mukesh Chand Mathur is considered one of the best singers to have existed in the history of Bollywood. Born on July 22, 1923 in Ludhiana, he began singing for Hindi movies in 1941, in an era when the actors used to sing their songs themselves. Primarily due to hi singing abilities, which were far more precious than his handsome looks, he had a reasonable career as a hero-singer, before he settled as a playback singer and gradually became a legend. His unique voice ...

Philosophical Songs of Kishore Kumar
All the Wisdom You Need in Life
There is an incredible depth to some of the popular songs sung by Bollywood's legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar. The wisdom in these songs is applicable to almost everyone. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why Kishore Kumar's singing touched the hearts of the richest and the poorest, the oldest and the youngest, the highest and the lowest in the Indian society. The feeling in his voice seems so raw in these songs, you get the feeling that he must have truly digested the meaning before...

Bodyguard Soundtrack 2011
Songs From Bollywood Bodyguard Movie
Hoping third time's a charm, writer/director Siddique enlists the glamor of Indian stars Salman Khan and Kareena Kappor for the Bollywood Bodyguard Soundtrack 2011 and movie. According to the Times of India, Siddique originally worked on the Malayalam version starring Dileep and Nayantara while the Tamil version "Kaavalan" starred Vijay and Asin Thottumkal. While Hollywood is big on remakes of foreign releases, I love this idea of a foreign movie trying to repeat its success across several c...