chaotic order

In the Indian subcontinent, playback singing is not merely a part of cinema, but a consummate, eclectic and widely embraced art form in itself. From the very beginnings of Indian cinema, the makers have always attempted to tell their stories through songs. “Alam Ara”, the first full-length feature film released in 1931 had seven songs, the next film in the same year, “Shireen Farhad” had forty-one songs. Early Indian Movies resembled the operas, and before long, like operatic music, the songs began to take a life of its own. For a nation fighting its way out of foreign rule, and for millions of people unaccustomed to any entertainment beyond their regional folklore (and deliberately kept out of classical music by the pundits and upper castes) film music became a luxurious national entertainment encapsulating the mood of the nation, the ebb and flows of human life and above all a reflection and voice of the innermost feelings and aspirations of the common man. By the 1940s, Film mus