Music of Hindi Cinema — Google Arts & Culture

Singing on the big screen

The Art of Song

Discover V. Shantaram's technique of picturising songs in his movies

By the 1970s, film music had its own 'Golden Age', changing the sound of the music industry forever

Birthing music maestroes...

Mohammad Rafi

C Ramchandra

Manna Dey

Naushad Ali

Suman Kalyanpur

Bappi Lahiri

Laxmikant-Pyarelal

Shankar-Jaikishan

Hemant Kumar

Kalyanji-Anandji

...and dancing stars

A song to remember

Trains on Celluloid

One of the most romantic songs shot on a train

Play a soundtrack of Hindi cinema

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