Muse & Music, Music of the Golden Age Options

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Muse & Music

Most film loving folks think that the music made for films from 50’s through 80’s represents golden age of music. This may be debatable. However, one thing is certain. Several great musicals emerged during this period and we saw the rise of many singing legends during this time.

One way to take a closer look at the music of the Golden Age is to look into the period through the female stars who were popular in this time frame. Because it is just about impossible to cater for all the stars, I came to a conclusion that probably the following 12 stars will sufficiently represent movies that are part of this golden era. These are:

Asha Parekh
Hema Malini
Mala Sinha
Mumtaz
Nutan
Rekha
Sadhana
Saira Banu
Sharmila Tagore
Vyjayanti Mala
Waheeda Rehman
Zeenat Aman

Others may come up with a different list. But for the music of the Golden Age I want to share with our fellow members these stars probably make a fair representation.

Let us look at filmographies of these actresses and see if we can come to some conclusions. I will present the filmographies in the order listed above.

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Sharmila Tagore

Coming from famous Tagore background Sahrmila was a natural. She was discovered by Satyajit Ray for his movie "Apur Sansar" when she was only 14. She acted in a number of films for him in Bengali before moving to Bombay. He first Hindi film was “Kashmir Ki Kali” opposite Shammi Kapoor that was a hit. She made several successful movies both commercial as well as artistic. She was also the chief of the censor board.

Most of her movies were big banners and were also musical hits. Here is the first part of her filmography …