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In the last decade, I have seldom come across movies in which all the songs or at least 80% of the songs are good. Those which come to mind are Dil Chahta hain, Mission Kashmir, Bunty aur Babli (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy seem to be the common factor). Most of the time, there will be just one or two good songs in a movie (if at all). Movies like OSO, Saavariya etc come in this category for me.
There was a time (what we call the Golden Era) when each movie had so many good or EXCELLENT songs that it was a real exercise to choose one favourite song. Take these examples: Guide, Kala Bazaar, Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Jewel Thief, Amar Prem, Ghar, Aandhi, Kati Patang, Yaadon ki Baraat and so on.
The number of songs in a movie has not gone down over the years. But the number of good songs in a movie has certainly gone down. If a music director manages to make one good song for a movie, he promptly makes two-three versions of the same song in order to fill a CD.
Ironically, this dearth of good songs is happening at a time when the industry is exploding with good singers coming in from scores of talent shows. Today, a music director couldn't have it better. He doesn't have to wait for one Lata or one Rafi - he can get 100s of Sonu Nigams, Sunidhi Chauhans and Alka Yagniks. But where is the music?
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