Though Hindi films routinely contain many songs and some dance routines, they are not musicals in the Western theatrical sense the music-song-dance aspect is an integral feature of the genre akin to plot, dialogue and other parameters. Hindi film songs are now firmly embedded in North India's popular culture and routinely encountered in North India in marketplaces, shops, during bus and train journeys and numerous other situations. Hindi film songs form a predominant component of Indian pop music, and derive their inspiration from both classical and modern sources. Derived from the song-and-dance routines common in Indian films, Bollywood songs, along with dance, are a characteristic motif of Hindi cinema which gives it enduring popular appeal, cultural value and context.
1735 (Rajasthan)īollywood songs, more formally known as Hindi Geet or filmi songs, are songs featured in Bollywood films.
