Where does Hindi film music stand today?
Hindi film music is staging a come back on a grand scale. We have a brilliant breed of young music directors who are throwing up great numbers. Luckily people have started liking the latest film music again and the film directors are also taking a keen interest in good music. Why are we not able to compete with the Golden Era? It is impossible to draw parallels with the Golden Era. We had music maestros and legends who remain unrivalled. It is because of for their genius that their music still lives on and is providing tough competition to us even now. But we cannot say that there are no good music directors now. What about the provocative remix videos? This is quite an unfortunate trend. But see the positive aspect. The great melodies and the great music of the Golden Era is being packaged again may be in a different format. Let us not be hostile to it and let us reconcile our selves to its existence. But the only thing I would suggest is that the original composer and the music direc
