Music in Movies

Music is an art which has a different level of expression wherein you can feel according to your mental state. Music has its roots from the olden ages. There are various branches from different parts of the world.
Music in the movies has almost all the styles. Earlier the actors and the actresses who are capable of singing were only allowed to act because they are the ones who sing for their own movements. They tune their own compositions with their own voice, so there is no doubt in highlighting the fact that the actors of the old era are multifaceted, unlike these days.In those days everything, right from singing to dancing were shot in one take. The actor must keep singing and dancing in a song for one full shot. Few legends who were the part of this were Tyagaraaja Bhagavathar, M.S.Subhalakshmi, S.Varalakshmi, T.M.Maduram, K.P.Sundaraambal, N.S.Krishnan etc,. It was a real task for every person in the crew because the acting, shooting, lights, etc must be in synchronization for a perfect outcome.

Then comes the middle period where audio and video were cinematographed separately. Music was composed by few composers like Mohamad Rafiq, M.S.Viswanathan, Saaluri Venkateshwar Rao,etc,. And these compositions were recorded separately by a different voice. During this period actors were asked to act according to it. Here the real talents of the singers were shown out, because the singers have to sing the whole song in one single take. Few singers of this period were Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, P.B.Srinivas, A.M Raja, S.P.Balasubramanian, S.Janaki, etc,.
Music is of various genres namely, melody, folk, western, devotional, carnatik, Hindustani, etc. As the world came into contact, all these came into fusion as cine music. It has a great recognition worldwide.In the present day of cine music it is a combination of all the forms of music as mentioned in the previous paragraph. Nowadays as the technology improved music has taken a new form. Its new form are filled with too much of technical support rather than the voice. To name a few current day music directors who carried the Indian cine music around the world are A.R.Rahaman, M.Keeravani, Imman, Gibran, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, etc,.

Though Indian cine music has touched heights, the importance for the original voice or the instrument has taken a back seat because of excess technology. Nowadays even the common man who is not able to sing in pitch will be able to bring out his voice in a manner which would be appealing, be it beautiful or not.This cannot be changed unless the taste of the listeners change.

On the whole, cine music is in a way good to hear however it sounds.

Keep listening and stay happy…