This volume traces the evolution of the Hindi film song to its present status as the cultural barometer of the country through an evaluation of the work of over

A delightful history of the Hindi film song and its hold over popular psyche De de Khuda ke naam pe' sang Wazir Mohammed Khan in Alam Ara (1931), giving birth t

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