Friday,
June
22,
2007
Gone
are
the
days
of
the
old
classics.
In
the
days
bygone,
right
from
the
lyrics,
to
the
music
to
emotions
by
the
actors
to
the
picturisation,
everything
was
in
perfect
sync.
Today's
music
is
more
of
'seeing'
than
'hearing'.
Even
before
the
original
version
of
the
song
can
come
on
stands,
the
remix
versions
are
heard
at
the
discotheques.
Item
numbers
featuring
skimpily
clad
girls
is
the
call
for
the
day.
Neither
do
such
item
numbers
have
any
meaning
nor
needed.
Yet
to
draw
the
younger
generation,
they
are
being
extensively
used
in
films.
If
you
do
not
believe
us,
listen
to
what
some
of
the
singer
of
yesterday
have
to
say.
Both
Alka
Yagnik
and
Kavita
Krishnamurthy,
who
were
once
heard
frequently,
are
no
longer
interested
in
giving
their
voice
to
more
than
a
few
songs.
Alka
Yagnik
is
extremely
worried
because
the
lack
of
originality
in
today's
film
songs.
"There're
a
lot
of
re-mixes
happening.
It's
the
current
trend.
But
melodious
music
will
always
remain
predominant.
I'm
getting
my
quota
of
songs.
I
don't
want
to
sing
more
than
that," she
says,
adding,
"I'll
tell
you
something.
The
face
of
the
heroine
in
Hindi
cinema
has
changed.
They're
no
longer
the
delicate
beauties
that
they
were
in
the
days
of
Madhuri
Dixit".
Where
Alka
wants
originality,
Kavita
does
not
feel
the
soul
in
the
music
anymore.
"The
kind
of
music
being
composed
these
days
and
the
kind
of
meaningless
lyrics
don't
encourage
me
to
accept
many
assignments.
Today,
the
composers
have
no
style,
and
music
has
become
soulless.
It's
too
mechanical
also.
You
don't
have
to
be
trained
in
classical
music
because
computer
can
do
cutting
and
pasting
for
the
singers.
Duets
are
being
made,
and
both
the
artistes
don't
have
to
be
present
for
the
recording".
True,
one
cannot
imagine
singers
like
Lata
Mangeshkar
lending
her
voice
for
a
Mallika
Sherawat
song.
Somehow,
their
images
won't
match.
Today
music
is
made
to
make
business
(read
money).
There
have
many
films
today,
which
have
had
no
or
less
business
in
the
box
office,
but
their
music
has
featured
in
the
charts
for
month
at
a
stretch.
Shakalaka
Boom
Boom,
Fanaa
and
Aashiq
Banaya
Aape
are
just
a
few
examples.
As
audiences,
we
do
not
think
so
much
about
these
things.
All
that
we
do
is
'listen' to
a
song
and
then
decide
whether
we
like
it
or
not.
If
we
notice
it
is
the
foot
tapping
numbers
that
we
prefer
now-a-days.
But
then
again,
such
songs
do
not
have
a
long
life.
But,
the
time
has
come
for
us
to
decide
as
to
which
kind
of
music
we
want
to
hear
in
our
near
future.
Do
we
need
evergreen
songs
like
'Tere
Mere
Sapne',
'Kora
Kagaz
Tha
Ye
Man
Mera',
'Rangila
Re',
'Bequaar
Karke'
or
something
that
will
blast
away
in
the
dicotheque?
The
call
is
all
ours.