Hindi film music

Hindi film music is the song-based musical tradition created for films made primarily in Hindi. Its songs are typically integrated into film narratives and circulate widely beyond cinema.

Playback singing: A filmmaking practice in which performers record songs separately and actors lip-sync to them onscreen. It separates the singing voice from the visible performer in most Hindi film songs.
Indian cinema: The film industries and filmmaking traditions of India, spanning multiple languages and regions. Hindi film music is one major branch of this broader national cinema.
Naushad: An Indian film composer known for integrating Hindustani classical music into popular Hindi film songs. His compositions made classical forms accessible within mainstream cinema.
Mughal-e-Azam: A 1960 Hindi historical epic directed by K. Asif, renowned for its music and visual scale. Its songs show how music can intensify spectacle and dramatic characterization.
Hindustani classical music: A tradition of North Indian classical music organized around raga, improvisation, and performance. Film songs borrow its melodic resources but reshape them for fixed, brief forms.
Hindi film song: A song composed or adapted for a Hindi-language film, often serving both musical and narrative roles. It is the basic unit through which the tradition reaches audiences.
Alam Ara: A 1931 Indian film directed by Ardeshir Irani, widely recognized as India's first talkie. Its songs established music as a central attraction of Hindi sound films.
Lata Mangeshkar: An Indian playback singer whose career spanned several decades of Hindi cinema. Her singing voice became a defining sound of postwar Hindi film music.
Guide: A 1965 Hindi film directed by Vijay Anand, with songs composed by S. D. Burman. Its songs develop the protagonist's emotional and spiritual transformation.
Carnatic music: The classical music tradition of South India, with distinctive melodic and rhythmic systems. Its regional film industries developed song traditions with different classical influences.

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