The Best of Bollywood
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Now that Bollywood (Bombay-plus-Hollywood--an affectionate nickname for India's terrifyingly productive film industry) has finally gone mainstream in the West (Bride and Prejudice, Monsoon Wedding), many American listeners are curious to know more about the genre's extremely busy soundtrack singers. Club-goers are already primed by Bhangra nights, but for the uninitiated, the high-pitched female voices, loosey-goosey chorales, and wild-and-wooly instrumentals may take some getting… Product details and pricing info |
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11 Customer Reviews Posted
- bollywood
- I love all music. I especially love music that makes me want to get up and dance. Bollywood takes me from want to shake my groove to the introspective relaxed mode
- 2007-01-03, 0 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- It depends on what you're expecting.
- I fell in love with Bhangra, so I ventured over to Bollywood for a similar flavor. Bollywood has a much different feel than does Bhangra. The beats and musical arrangement are more similar to Western culture than are Bhangra, so I was pleased with the presentation, but found that I am much more of a Bhangra fan. I enjoy travelling musically away from Western sounds. Bollywood lacks the hard dohl beat of Bhangra, but does hang on to the cultural echos of India. I do enjoy my Bollywood album, but I still favor my Bhangra favorites. If you haven't tried Bhangra and you do enjoy Bollywood, try Bhangra's Punjab collection. You won't be disappointed.
- 2006-05-21, 14 of 16 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- beautiful songs
- I am a fan of Indian music, and this cd offered fun singalong songs. They are very catchy and pretty. All the songs are my personal favorites. This music is not the same, to me, as the music of Ravi Shankar and other more traditional Indian artists. These songs have more of a western structure, with the 4/4 beats and the verse/chorus pattern. I recommend this cd to anybody looking for the 'typical', romanticized Indian sound that they might have heard here in the West.
- 2006-01-03, 10 of 10 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Its all about the music
- Everyone knows the best thing about Bollywood is the music. This is a fun collection across time of some popular songs. I like most of the older songs the best, but there are a couple of exceptions. This is a really broad selections that soungs best with the volume turned up. Feel free to sing along (um...its probably for the best that I don't speak hindi anyway).
Standout songs: Laila o laila, wada na tod, badi mushkil, pyar do pyar lo, hay maine
- 2004-07-05, 24 of 24 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- HINDI SONGS
- HUM TUM
CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE
KAL HO NAA HO
MAIN HOO NAA - 2004-06-10, 5 of 93 people found this review helpful, Rated:
