The "Hinglish" Culture!

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This is a very crude attempt to provide you with information on the new trend in Hindi Music. I am still trying to finish this section. I am hopeing to put up some sample files and also include some pictures very soon. Well anyway here is what I have on the subject so far. Enjoy!

The Hinglish Culture

Arre yaar what the hell is Hinglish??? To me Hinglish is a new language although it basically is a "Masala" of two languages - Hindi and English. People say that it evolved in the late 80s due to the introduction satellite television in India. I tend to disagree - I think that it always existed (well since English was introduced in India anyway). I certainly remember speaking in Hinglish way back in the 70s. You probably asking - What the hell has it got to do with Hindi Pop Music??.

When I refer to Hindi Pop Music I am also referring to Hindi Rap, Rock and recently Jungle. Basically the lyrics that are used in this new trend of Hindi Music is in Hinglish. Listen to any Hindi pop cassette/CD by any artist and you will find that lyrics are all almost exclusively Hinglish.

The Beginnings

I don't calm that everything (or anything) on this page is true - its all based on my past experience, so I will leave it to your judgement. This modern trend in Hindi Music had its origins in 70s, it basically started off as Disco (firstly in films and then with individual artists releasing their own albums). I will not go into filimi music as there are other sources which provide more detailed and accurate information on the matter.

In the early days only a handful of album were released. Mainly by artists who were already well established in the film business. Some of whom include people like Bappi Lahari, Babla and Runna Laila. But in the 1980s a new breed of artists emerged - some of whom were also from the film industry but most them were solo artist making their debut through Hindi Disco/Pop music. In the 80s the music was still mostly Disco orientated and Pop was just on the horizon. The artist of these days included Usha Uttap, Alisha Chinoy, Vijay Benedict, Sapna Mukherjee, Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamoorty. Most of these artists are established singers in the films. The music of these days was in my opinion still of low standard - its just did not have many takers. The music although tried to be different - still had a very filmi touch to it. But the 1990s was to change all this.

Enter the 90s - The ZEE and Channel V Culture

The seeds of the modern Hindi music which were planted in 80s were starting to bear fruits of success in the 90s. This was perhaps helped by the satellite revolution that taking place in India at that time. Many of the artists had the opportunity to show off their talents - many of them become a household names when it come to modern Hindi music. Names like Baba Sehgal, Shweta Shetty, Suneeta Rao, Suchitra Krishnamoorty, Sagarika Mukerjee, Shantanu Mukerjee (or Shaan as he is known), Stylebhai (Jay Menon), Puyush Soni are certainly popular with almost everyone. Also it gave a second life to artists like Alisha, Vijay and Sapna. There are numerous others who have made an attempt to reach stardom but still have not found acceptance yet.

From Disco to Pop to Rap to Rock to Jungle to ?

The birth of modern Hindi music as we know it today was in the form of Disco, it then evolved into Pop. As time went by Hindi Rap, Rock and currently Jungle is the latest stage of the modern Hindi Music. Who knows what the next phase of the Hindi will be? .

The Artists and their Work

I have listed a few of my favourite albums in table below - this is only a tiny selection if you want the complete list then contact the addresses given below.

Artist & Album
Music & Lyrics
Record Label and Comments
Baapi Lahiri

Music Lover

Bappi Lahiri

Anjaan

Music India Limited

My very first buy of Modern Hindi Film - great songs if you are a Disco lover

Baba Sehgal

Thanda Thanda Paani

Baba Sehgal - Charles Vaz

Baba

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

A great album - mixture of Rap and Pop songs

Baba Sehgal

Mein Bhi Madonna

Baba Sehgal - Charles Vaz

Baba

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

Rap and Pop Hindi songs. Other albums from Baba : Alibaba, Dilruba, Dr. Dhingra & Indian Romyio (Crescendo Music)

Shweta Shetty

Johnny Joker

Biddu

Various

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

The name Biddu explains its all - anything this "Disco Dewanaa" touchs turns to gold.

Shweta Shetty

The New Album

Sulaiman & Salim Merchant

Maya Govind - Raajesh Johri

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

Hindi Pop songs - Shweta at her best - BUY IT!

Alisha Chinoy

Bombay Girl

Lezz

Rajesh Johri - Alisha

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

Great to listen to - but nothing exciting here

Alisha Chinoy

Made in India

Biddu

Alisha

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

The best of all time!! - BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!

Style Bhai

Style Bhai

Sulaiman & Salim Merchant

Style Bhai

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

Voted the Rap king for 1994 knocking out Mr. Baba Sehgal - Get it!

Suneeta Rao

Paree

Leslie Lewis

Various

HMV India Ltd

Its okay I guess - Not bad!

Shaan & Sagarika

Naujawan

Biddu

Raajesh Johri

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

The name Biddu explains its all - anything this "Disco Dewanaa" touchs turns to gold. - BUY IT!!!

Suchitra Krishnamoorty

Dum Tara

Rahman Rajan

Various

Magnasound Pvt. Ltd.

Proving to be very popular in India currently - BUY IT!

Contact Address

The above table lists some of my personal favourites, its by no means the complete list - mine alone exceeds 200+ albums. If you want the complete list then you will need to contact the addresses below. Magnasound has by far the largest titles available.

Magnasound (India) Pvt. Ltd

Lorette Ville

25/E Main Avenue

Santacruz (West)

Mumbai 400 054

India

OMI Music Inc.

71 Rosedale Avenue

Unit A-10

Brampton

Ontario-l6X 1K4

Canada

(Need to mail $5 in favour of OMI Music Inc. for the list)

Crescendo Music & Marketing

172/174 D.N. Road

Fort

Mumbai 400 001

India

DATA Cassettes Ltd

601 Vardhman Chambers

17 G. Cawasji Patel Street

Fort

Mumbai (23)

India

Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.

Shiv Sagar

A. B. Nair Road

Juhu

Mumbai 400049

India

(Contact Melody Int. Ltd if in Europe and US)

Melody International Ltd

Unit No. 26

Park Royal

Metro Center

Britannia Way

Coronation Road

London NW10

UK

Other information on the Net

Well people I still haven't come across any pages that offer information on Hindi Music apart from the filimi music, lets hope that other people will start providing information on this topic soon. That's it! (for now anyway!).


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