The most important things that make Hindi cinema different and special from world cinema are the songs. The journey of film songs started with the first spoken Hindi film Alam Ara in 1931. The long journey of Hindi film songs spanning 90 years is recorded in this book. The book is divided into four parts. These include the Golden Age 1947–75, the Medieval Period (1976–86), the Resurgence (1987–2021) and the Early Age (1931–46). In this journey of songs, Sahir Ludhianvi, Hasrat Jaipuri, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi, Kaifi Azmi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Gulzar, Indeevar, Anjaan, Yogesh, Javed Akhtar, Santosh Anand, Shahryar, Nida Fazli, Ibrahim Ashq, Saeed Qadri Sameer, 150 more important lyricists like Sudhakar Sharma Prasoon Joshi, Manoj Muntashir and Raj Shekhar are described in detail. Along with this there is brief information about about 100 lyricists. There is also mention of lyricists who have written songs in only two-four films. It discusses the important stages of the life of the lyricists and their important songs by mentioning the struggle. The stories behind the making of many important songs are also told in an interesting way.

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