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Hindi Film Music
Hindi film music within Indian film music, beginning with Madan Mohan's scores of the 1960s and the singers and lyricists credited on them. Coverage of other Indian languages and regional cinema is queued for research.
Foundational figures first, then by birth year
Kaifi Azmi
Lyricist of Parwana (1971).
Madan Mohan
Composer of the four film scores in this collection.
Kishore Kumar
Sings "Simti Si Sharmaayi Si" from Parwana.
Lata Mangeshkar
Sings four of the five songs documented here.
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