Bollywood Songs

Bollywood songs (often termed filmi songs) are heard far beyond the borders of India. The line of Bollywood songs are some of the most memorized and repeated expressions in India. The language of the filmi songs can be complex it is termed Hindi in India and Urdu in Pakistan. Many songs are saturated with Persian terms, others can be in 'Shuddha Hindi'. several dialects have been used : Braj, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Rajathani. The nine rasas A 'rasa' identifies the dominant emotion of a composition ( a song ar a text) in sanskrit and Hindi literature, nine different types of rasas are often enumerated. 1. Shringar - love, sensuality, and eroticism 1. Virah : separation 2. Milan : being together 2. Raudra - anger, rage, and violence 3. Hasya - laughter and happiness 4. Vibhatsaya - disgust 5. Veera - heroism 6. Karuna - pathos and compassion 7. Bhanayak - fear and anxiety 8. Adabhuta - wonder and curiosity 9. Shanta - contemplative and peaceful. The filmi songs are however written for common people and thus there are some common themes that are often encountered-songs for children, songs of betrayal and dejection, marriage songs, etc. That ordinary people can related with.