May 26 and 28, 2020
In these sessions we will continue our exploration of music in Hindi films by listening to and reading lyrics from films spanning the 1960’s to the 2010’s. These selected lyrics and their musical accompaniment reflect the diversity of musical and literary influences that have inspired and shaped film music over the past half century.
Read and listen पढ़ें और सुनें –
- Mehdi Hasan: Yah Chānd Sā Roshan Chehrā (Shamsul Huda Bihari / Omkar Prasad Nayyar) (Film: Kashmir Kī Kali)
- Asha Bhosle: Piyā Tū Ab To Ā Jā (RD Burman) (Film: Caravan)
- Kishore Kumar: Zindagī Ek Safar (Hasrat Jaipuri / Shakar Jaikishan) (Film: Andāz)
- Asha Bhosle and Kumar Sanu: Tujhe Dekhā To (Anand Bakshi/Jatin-Lalit) (Film: Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge)
- Adnan Sami: Aye Udi Udi (Gulzar / A R Rahman) (Film: Sāthiyā)
- Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan & Shaan: Ghanan Ghanan (Javed Akhtar / A R Rahman) (Film: Lagaan)
- Ranveer Singh: Apna Time Aayega (Divine / Aditya Tewari / Dub Sharma) (Film: Gully Boy)
As you read and listen to the above lyrics (and watch their visualization as song and dance sequences in films) think about the following questions:
- Do you notice any elements or influences from the earlier (precolonial) lyrical genres that we have studied in the course?
- What do you notice about the vocabulary of the lyrics? Which registers and lexicons are they adapted from?
- Do you notice any elements or influences from other musical and lyric genres (like ‘folk’ music, jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Arabian maqam, etcetera)?
- What do you notice about the relationship between the lyrics and the song/dance sequences in the films? Do the visual aspects of the sequences expand, reinforce, diverge from, or otherwise change the meaning of the lyrics (and vice versa)?
Watch देखें –