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The highest-grossing Bollywood films released in 2017, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows. Rank. Title. Distributor. Worldwide gross. Ref. 1. Secret Superstar. Aamir Khan Productions.
Box office collection. The list of highest-grossing Indian films released in 2017, by worldwide box office gross revenue in crore, are as follows: Implies that the film is multilingual and the gross collection figure includes the worldwide collection of the other simultaneously filmed version.
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Hindi film songs are present in Hindi cinema right from the first sound film Alam Ara (1931) by Ardeshir Irani which featured seven songs. This was closely followed by Shirheen Farhad (1931) by Jamshedji Framji Madan, also by Madan, which had as many as 42 song sequences strung together in the manner of an opera, and later by Indra Sabha which had ...
The various use of languages in Bollywood songs can be complex. Most use variations of Hindi and Urdu, with some songs also including other languages such as Persian, and it is not uncommon to hear the use of English words in songs from modern Hindi movies. Besides Hindi, several other Indian languages have also been used including Braj, Avadhi, Bh...
Songs in Bollywood movies are deliberately crafted with lyrics often written by distinguished poets or literati (often different from those who write the film script), and these lyrics are often then set to music, carefully choreographed to match the dance routine or script of the film. They are then sung by professional playback singers and lip-sy...
Dance
Hindi dance music encompasses a wide range of songs predominantly featured in the Bollywood film industry with a growing worldwide attraction. The music became popular among overseas Indiansin countries such as South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States and eventually developed a global fan base.
Disco
In the Indian subcontinent of South Asia, disco peaked in popularity in the early 1980s, when a South Asian disco scene arose, popularised by filmi Bollywood music, at a time when disco's popularity had declined in North America. The South Asian disco scene was sparked by the success of Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, working with Indian producer Biddu, with the hit Bollywood song "Aap Jaisa Koi" in 1980. Biddu himself previously had success in the Western world, where he was considered a...
Ghazal
The ghazal tradition of Urdu poetry was the basis for early Bollywood music, ever since the first Indian talkie film, Alam Ara (1931). In turn, filmi ghazals had roots in earlier Urdu Parsi theatre during the 19th to early 20th centuries. The ghazal was the dominant style of Indian film music since the 1930s up until the 1960s. By the 1980s, however, ghazals had become marginalised in film music. Reasons for the decline include Urdu ghazal poetry being gradually phased out from the Indian edu...
The Pakistani Qawwali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had a big impact on Bollywood music, inspiring numerous Indian musicians working in Bollywood, especially during the 1990s. However, there were many instances of Indian music directors plagiarising Khan's music to produce hit filmi songs. Several popular examples include Viju Shah's hit song "Tu ...
Indian cinema, with its characteristic film music, has not only spread all over Indian society, but also been on the forefront of the spread of India's culture around the world.: 14 In Britain, Hindi film songs are heard in restaurants and on radio channels dedicated to Asian music. The British dramatist Sudha Bhuchar converted a Hindi film hit Hum...
Behind the curtain: making music in Mumbai's film studiosby Greg BoothCassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North Indiaby Peter ManuelDhunon ki Yatra-Hindi Filmon ke Sangeetkar 1931–2005 by Pankaj RagEarly Indian Talkies: Voice, Performance and Aura:by Madhuja MukherjeeOct 28, 2021 · This is a list of Hindi films that were released in 2017. Box office collection . The highest-grossing Bollywood films released in 2017, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. 2017 2h 47m Not Rated. 8.2 (115K) Rate. Amarendra Baahubali, the heir apparent to the throne of Mahishmati, finds his life and relationships endangered as his adoptive brother Bhallaladeva conspires to claim the throne. Director S.S. Rajamouli Stars Prabhas Rana Daggubati Anushka Shetty.
Dec 17, 2017 · 13. Rangoon. Vishal Bhardwaj’s much anticipated ‘Rangoon’, set in the backdrop of the Second World War in India and Myanmar, opened to mixed reactions all over. To add the misery even the box office collections fell flat, making it one of the biggest losers of the year.
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