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Music, of course, is what many unfamiliar viewers associate as the defining characteristic of Bollywood films, and it is certainly what has fed the industry through all the years. Music directors (as film composers are called) actually think of the need for songs in films “not as a statement of principle or an assertion of aesthetic norms, but simple and unquestioned behavior, like the law of gravity” (Booth 29). The music is as much a part of the film as costumes. At the time it became possible to have songs in films, Indian classical music was not the popular music of the day. The upper castes were trained to appreciate it—no one else. It was not widely disseminated. In addition, the Indian classical tradition created teachers and performers, not composers. Film music opened up musical worlds to those who wanted more. When it became possible to record the image and sound of the film separately and then splice them back together into a seamless strip, Bollywood film changed forever, and playback became a driving force in film and popular music. Playback can turn off unfamiliar viewers because it seems so obvious that the actors are not singing, and the same singers will sing for different characters. However, in India, it is thought of as double pleasure—watching a favorite actress and hearing a favorite singer. Playback was also in many ways necessary, since the film equipment used in India has never been able to be of high quality. In fact, the noise from the film equipment was so loud that all the dialogue had to be dubbed again as well. It was only in 2001, with Lagaan, that the first synchronous sound movie was produced.

Playback allowed directors to choose people who were actually good singers—they didn’t have to worry about looks or acting talent . Once playback made songs even more important to cinema, music directors became a huge component of film. The filming of musical scenes became song picturization, a complex affair. Music was allowed to incorporate any style the music director felt was necessary. And the songs from films, called variously film song, cinemusic, and playback music, became the popular music of the culture—so much so that even today, 80% of popular music in India is still film song (Ganti 40). It isn’t usually helpful to make numerous comparisons between Bollywood and Hollywood, since the two are different species, but here it is helpful to note that Hollywood musicals died out after the fifties because pop and rock music rose up as a separate and powerful entity (Dwyer and Patel 36).

Origins

Other history of note in the development of music in Bollywood films is the origins of music in drama and the style of Hindi film song. While there is no denying the large influence of Hollywood and other film industries, it is better to think of Bollywood as an intentional hybrid instead of a passive chameleon. The inclusion of songs in films, and later the orchestration in film, certainly used the styles set up by Hollywood musicals and Hollywood soundtracks and theme songs. With that being said, one reason music became so important in Bollywood films was that in film’s predecessors—Classical Sanskrit drama, folk theater, and, most of all, Parsi theater—music, song, and dance were tightly integrated into and essential to the whole performance (Morcom 3).

The first film songs were heavily influenced by Indian classical music, using classical ragas and talas (also using them in part in an attempt to legitimize the music). Of all the rhythms used, kaharva tala (eight beat meter) and dadra or khemta tala (six beat meter) were the most popular, with dadra or khemta tala essentially omnipresent (Ranade 326). The main music directors for Bollywood films came from a variety of backgrounds—some were trained classically, some in the folk tradition, and some were self-taught. Some thought classical music the ideal, but all incorporated other elements into their compositions. Any list of the cast and crew of a Bollywood film will show numerous repetitions of a music director’s and singer’s names. Like music directors (and directors and stars), singers became superstars of the Bollywood industry, with the famous ones making the majority of the films that lasted in the popular sphere.

Composition

Music is composed early in the film development stage, during sittings with the director, music director, and lyricist. They discuss the plot and the placement and meaning of songs within the film. Music directors create the songs from a combination of film song style, their own creativity, and the demands of the particular situation (Morcom 89). Singers are told, if possible, the situation of the song and must be able to sing for a variety of characters using the appropriate emotion. Of note here is Lata Mangeshkar, who gave voice to several of Bollywood’s most famous actresses over the course of more than thirty years.

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