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The Best of Bollywood |  | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Hip-O Records
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Rating:  13 reviews
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
UPC: 044003944220
EAN: 0044003944220
Release Date: May 6, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Pyar Do Par Lo - Sapna | | • | Laila O Laila - Kanchan | | • | Tere Sang Pyar Main - Lata Mangeshkar | | • | Hey Maine - Lata Mangeshkar | | • | Pal Bhar Ke Liye - Kishore Kumar | | • | Ye Raatain - Lata Mangeshkar | | • | Dil Aaj Shair Hai - Kishore Kumar | | • | Wada Na Tod - Lata Mangeshkar | | • | Mehbooba Mehbooba - Rahul Dev Burman | | • | Kaahe Chhed - Kavita Krishnamurthy | | • | Hum Tumhen Chahte Hain - Anand | | • | Badi Mushkil - Alka Yagnik | | • | Kehna Hi Kya - Chitra | | • | Do Pyaar - Sonu Nigham | | • | Chori Chori - Alka Yagnik |
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Genre: Soundtracks & Scores
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 6-MAY-2003
Amazon.com
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 used to. However, anyone willing to make the effort will be quickly rewarded. This compilation is a great place to start as it is well-produced and fairly typical of the genre at its best. Among the male singers, Kishore Kumar is well accounted for. Of the big female names, Lata Mangeshkar is represented but her even-more-famous sister, Asha Bhosle, is not. But Chitra, who sounds like an Indian Dolly Parton, almost makes up for her absence. Anyone who wants to know still more about this most flagrantly hedonistic of musical styles is directed to the exhaustively annotated Rough Guide To Bollywood and Manteca's delightful I Love Bollywood. --Christina Roden
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Exotic and fun music January 7, 2010
Allison E. Benson-Chukiert (New Hartford, NY)
I really enjoyed listening to this album. It is exotic and fun to listen to, and I highly recommend it. Lively singing and intoxicating rhythms make this one of my favorites. It will uplift you and transport you to India in a heartbeat! An amazing auditory journey!
 A little bit of a con... February 14, 2009
Arvind Maharaj (WA, Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good collection, yes - but a little unfair - as all the tracks are lifted from another collection, "The Music of Bollywood", which is a THREE disc collection, and provides a wider repetoire, thus giving a better insight into the huge range of Bollywood-type music.
bollywood January 3, 2007
D. Hastings (Superior,WI USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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
 It depends on what you're expecting. May 21, 2006
Sasha (Raleigh, NC USA)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
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.
 beautiful songs January 3, 2006
sunny (ind)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
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