Title: Romancing the song : Hindi cinema's lyrical journey /
Authors: Premchand, Manek.
Publisher: Jharna Books,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Motion picture music India History and criticism.; Songs, Hindi Texts History and criticism.; Songs, Hindi Texts.; Songs, Hindi History and criticism.
Contents: Keynote -- Foreword -- Curtain-raiser -- A small thank you -- Introduction : Art and life, mirroring each other ; The longevity of art ; But it's a kind of give-and-take all the time ; Let's look at the art of cinema now ; A brief look at Hindi films ; The importance of music in our films ; The influence of moving images ; Dialogues we can't forget ; Lyrics in Hindi cinema ; Good songwriting runs on two tracks ; Peeling away ; The initial decades...films learn to talk ; But we don't have many of the early songs or films -- Our journey ; The warm-up to the talkies ; The arrival and proliferation of short films ; Early talking films --^