An Anthology of Songs from Popular Indian Cinema, featuring many of India’s greatest singing stars including the legendary Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar.
Showcasing both classic and contemporary sounds, this compilation presents a collection of precious songs from the huge archives of Saregama India Ltd, the sub-continent’s oldest and best known record label.
Always the heart and soul of Bollywood films, the songs in the movies remain pivotal in drawing mass audiences to cinema houses and featuring music by a famous composer like Rahman or the Kalyanji-Anandji duo is as likely to make a movie a hit as featuring big film stars. The film industry in Bombay is the biggest in the world, each year making almost twice as many movies and selling a billion more tickets than Hollywood.
Bollywood music has been sampled by many of today’s artists including Punjabi MC, Lil Kim (from track 2, CD2, Ek Doosre Se Karte Hai) and Black Eyed Peas (from track 3, CD2, Ae Naujawan Hai).