When it comes to Bollywood music, having no talent whatsoever is never a problem, ever.
All you got to know is 'how to make music samples that would sound seemingly original, use of keyboards/synths as a substitute for almost all the instruments under the sun, pick up the winners of TV reality shows for singing the latest numbers in Bollywood (Or at least assure them to do so, while the camera is on and the TV viewer’s sentiments are at stake).
Current Bollywood music scene, is such a striking contrast to the old-school Bollywood, where music was merely manifestation of emotions and nothing else. There is still no movie-album, which stirs us with same poignancy as forlorn tunes from ‘Safar’ & ‘Anand’ (The Rajesh khanna era) or even the Ghazals from ‘Arth’ or ‘Kaash’. All this with much fewer resources & no reality shows. So this has led me to believe that with the advent of 'electronic-ization', the music is getting more and more regressive & talentless.
All we need to think upon is, Is it really worth our while to lash out at music industry in public, upfront?
(One way to address the issue, sending letters to the PM, for that is the latest trend)
But then, our thoughts and efforts are rendered meaningless when the epiphany strikes and we realize that the music (like the film-industry & the political scene) is mere reflection of our society. Even the extremely talented like ‘Dhruv Ghanekar’, ‘Vishal dadlani’, ‘Suraj jagan’ have to pander to the lowly tastes of the masses. “Joh bikta hai who chalta hai”. It is our passive encouragement or rather a form of connivance, which gives them the impetus to make such crap out of their vivid imagination. I personally, am an ardent supporter of ‘Indie’ music. I believe they make the best music because they are still in their pursuit of fame. They do well simply, ‘cause they are underrated. They don’t have an option but to create ‘magik’ (Ludicrous pun intended) in their music.
One of the patrolling-measures would be dislodging the useless censor-board from the Bollywood industry which goes about ‘A’ rating any movie with the slightest sexual connotations (Yes, the pre-pubescent movies with 40+ looking Saif-ali-khan as the lead, too) and deploying it for the much-deserved music scene which continues to go unnoticed.
This is the country where ‘Shekhar suman’ had the audacity to release his own music album, and Himesh reshammiya as the ‘action-hero’, the merger of ‘Brett lee and Asha bhosale’ was cited as ‘Global music’. This clearly signifies how ‘conceit’ and ‘self-love’ prevails over ‘talent’ and ‘substance’ & evinces how dreadful lack of self-awareness can get. (Self-actualization is a completely different trajectory, 'Jake shimabukuro' would know). This further paves the path for some more inane, wannabe artists. Have you seen Nikhil dwivedi or for that matter this dude from 'Band baaja baraat'. In fact the term ‘art’ is mercilessly played around with.
If Pakistan can be so intolerant as to hang ‘Aasia bibi’ for blasphemy, shouldn’t we guillotine the modern Indian “artists”?
