Anything for a song
Popular Hindi Film
Popular Music India
Mumbai Film Music
Assorted
100
K.L. Saigal rose to fame after the movie _____.
Devdas
100
Bombay film = a _______.
What is a spectacle
100
________ cinema (1940’s) attempts to create an independent cinema with strong cultural roots in various *regions* of the country.
What is Regional
100
Film songs are organized into a wide variety of musical and ___-musical categories
What is non-musical
100
All shades of ____ are avoided in Bombay spectacles because they take away from the spectacle
What is grey
200
K.L. Saigal was born to a _____ Khatri family
What is Punjabi
200
Film story has a predictable climax. This means that the climax is always present at the ____ of a film.
What is the beginning
200
______ music is distinctive musical style of other regions. (Hint: inclusions of local culture)
What is folk
200
In ________ film music the composition process is powerfully affected by a song situation or cinematic context.
What is Hindi or Bollywood
200
Indian films borrow plot lines from ______ films
What is Western
300
At what age did K.L. Saigal's voice break?
What is 12 years old
300
The _______ is a sexualized female archetype. (Hint: associated with the villain in a film)
What is the vamp
300
________ movies (large portion of hindi cinema) don’t carry regional aspects.
What is Tamil
300
There are indisputable stylistic differences between Indian and ________ music.
What is Western
300
A person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation is called a ______.
What is a composer.
400
K.L. Saigal's career span lasted ___ years
What is 16
400
The _______ stereotype is generally angelic, innocent and docile.
What is the heroine
400
Regional cinema took place in what time period
What is the 1940s
400
_____ music satisfies the taste of younger audiences. (Hint: synonym for new/hip/upcoming)
What is Modern
400
K.L. was a ____ and an _____.
What is a singer and an actor
500
K.L. Saigal was considered a _____ from a young age (Hint: term to describe someone who is exceptionally talented in music)
What is a prodigy
500
___ % of Bombay films flop financially
What is 80%
500
Cinema production was dominated by _________ and Madras but aimed at regional markets.
What is Bombay
500
______ music is incorporated and naturally in the Hindi Cinema. (Hint: older/more ancient style of music)
What is Classical
500
K.L. Saigal died because of ________.
What is Alcohol/Alcoholic/Alcoholism
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