India’s answer to the Hollywood is its own movie producing industry, popularly known as Bollywood. A typical Bollywood films features song and dance routines. Most Bollywood films have at least 3-5 playback songs, which become immensely popular amongst the audience. At one time, Bollywood films were restricted to India alone, but with the world becoming more of a global community, Bollywood films are shown and enjoyed everywhere!
To target this huge population of Bollywood music listeners the world over and of course in India, mobile phone companies developed ringtones based on Bollywood music and films. Ringtones, as we know, are the alert sounds produced by the mobile phone at the time of an incoming call. Ringtones can be a distinctive tone, sound or even an actual song. Most phones have monophonic and polyphonic sounds but some more modern phones also feature real sound tones, which means you can use the actual song as your ringtone. .
Top 10 best Bollywood songs of 2008:
10. Bakhuda Tumhi Ho (Kismat Konnection): Singers: Atif Aslam and Alka Yagnik, Music: Pritam
09. Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseenon): Singer: K.K and Shilpa Rao, Music by Vishal Shekhar
08. Mar Jaava (Fashion): Singer: Shruti Gupta, Music by Salim-Sulaiman
07. Kahin Toh (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na): Singers: Rashid Ali, Vasundhara Das. Music by A.R.Rahman
06. Pehli Nazar (Race): Singer: Atif Aslam, music by Pritam
05.Zara sa Dil mein (Jannat): singer: K.K, Music by Pritam
04. Tum Ho Toh (Rock On): Singer: Farhan Akhtar, Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy
03. Tu Hi Meri Dost Hai (Yuvvraaj): Singers:A.R.Rahman and Shreya Goshal, Music by .A.R.Rahman
02. Kabhi Kabhi Aditi (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na): Singer: Rashid Ali, Music by A.R.Rahman
01. Kaise Mujhe (Ghajini): Benny Dayal & Shreya Ghoshal, Music by A.R.Rahman. Listen to Kaise Mujhe
APritam gave three beautiful albums this year in the form of Race, Jannat and Kismet Konnection. But the year 2008 clearly belongs to the music whizkid, A.R.Rahman who has given some of his career best numbers in 2008. Jodhaa Akbar, Yuvvraaj, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Ghajini are full of fantastic tracks. A.R.Rahman dominates the top 3 positions of the best Hindi film songs of 2008. It goes without saying that he features prominently in the top 10 best dance tracks of Bollywood 2008.Oscars have always eluded Bollywood films in Best Foreign film category. But it will not be fair to say, films in India are not world class or not deserving enough to win awards.
The Bollywood film industry is rich in it's own environment. By environment I mean Bollywood is popular among Indians all over the world. India being the largest producers of films has never been lucky at Oscars.
