| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Broad strokes and simple chords -- Telugu talkies -- Of 'ghosts' and singers : debates around playback singing -- My song : life as a playback singer -- New language, new singer -- Appendix 1 : interview material transcribed -- Appendix 2 : questions about songs and singers in the Report of the Film Enquiry Committee -- Appendix 3 : English translation of select Telugu songs |
| Summary |
This work brings to light the previously uncharted history of female playback singers in the South-Indian (Telugu) film industry between 1945 and 1955. Playback singers such as R. Balasaraswati Devi, K. Jamuna Rani, Jikki Krishnaveni, P. Leela, and the singing actress P. Bhanumati's contribution to playback singing have been studied in order to arrive at a more cohesive history of Indian cinema |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index |
| Subject |
Motion picture music -- India, South -- History and criticism
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Motion picture industry -- India, South -- History -- 20th century
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Women singers -- India, South -- History -- 20th century
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Motion picture industry
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Motion picture music
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Women singers
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South India
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199086559 |
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0199086559 |
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