2/12/2023 0 Comments Shamshad begum volume 2A year later, the entirely musical film Indrasabha was released, featuring an astonishing 69 songs. Nowhere else in the world was this practice in vogue.Īnother film, Shirin Farhad, released in May 1931, had 18 songs. Both the film and its music were hugely successful and set a trend for the next seven decades, of featuring at least seven or eight songs in every film. The first subcontinental talkie film was Alam Ara it premiered in March 1931 and had seven songs in Urdu. Prior to the advent of ‘talkie’ films, going to watch live theatre was a popular means of entertainment and such venues usually took on performers who could not only act, but also sing. The people of the Subcontinent have always been interested in listening to light music, geet, ghazal, qawwali, folk songs and Sufi music.
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