by Bhupinder Singh (Author)
Hindi film music is the most popular music in India. Its golden period was from the 1930s to the 1960s. This book deals with Songs, Singers, Lyricists, Composers (music directors). and Actors. The singers included are from K L Saigal to Mahendra Kapoor. The lyricists included are D N Madhok to Gulzae. The composers included are from Ghulam Mohammed to R D Burman. There are questions on actors on whom the song or dance is picturized on. The songs are divided into v aroius categories such as Quwwalis, political songs, classical songs, rain songs and dance songs. This book has many interesting facts about Hindi film music, such as Which singer appeared as himself in the song "Wo apni yaad dilane ko" from "Jugnu (1947). Who was the leftist lyricist who was jailed in 1949 for two years for his anti-establishment poems? and who was the singer who sang a few songs under the name of Tapan Kumar?