India is a culturally diverse nation. Each culture has its own food, dress, dance and music. The origin of Indian Folk Music dates back to devotional songs.
There is a tendency to lump folk music along with tribal music. There is actually a difference. Where folk music is a mere rustic reflection of the larger Indian society, tribal music often represents cultures that are very different. Some of these tribal cultures are throwbacks to cultural conditions as they were thousands of years ago.
Tribal and folk music is not taught in the same way that Indian classical music is taught. There is no formal period of apprenticeship where the student is able to devote their entire life to learning the music, the economics of rural life does not permit this sort of thing. The musical practitioners must still attend to their normal duties of hunting, agriculture or whatever their chosen profession is.
Music in the villages is learned almost by osmosis. From childhood the music is heard and imbibed along with ones mother's milk. There are numerous public activities that allow the villagers to practice and hone their skills. These are the normal functions which syncronize village life with the universe.
Tribal and folk music is not taught in the same way that Indian classical music is taught. There is no formal period of apprenticeship where the student is able to devote their entire life to learning the music, the economics of rural life does not permit this sort of thing. The musical practitioners must still attend to their normal duties of hunting, agriculture or whatever their chosen profession is.
Music in the villages is learned almost by osmosis. From childhood the music is heard and imbibed along with ones mother's milk. There are numerous public activities that allow the villagers to practice and hone their skills. These are the normal functions which syncronize village life with the universe.
Today Indian Folk Music encompasses every part of contemporary human life.
There are numerous eminent bards/saints or Fakirs who had contributed a lot in this field. Few of them are Kabir, Moinuddin Chishti, Lalon Fakir and many more.
Folk Music has always been an inspiration in Bollywood for a long time.
Music Composers pick up these folk songs and modify them to suit the audience.
They change the lyrics according to the situation in the movie.
The trend of modernization of Folk Music has risen significantly in the past few years.
Let us start with the most recent song
ENGINE KI SEETI from the movie Khoobsurat
The original song is called Anjan Ki Seeti. It is a Rajasthani folk song which melodiously puts out the expression of a woman who is quite scared to travel through the train and is requesting "Dalever" (Driver) to go slow on it . The original song was sung by Rehana Mirza.
The Original Folk Song
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHZGjS4g-w4)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHZGjS4g-w4)
The song was picked up by Anu Kapor in 1991 for the movie Maa
Anu Kapoor's Version
Most recently the song was picked by Disney for the movie Khoobsurat. The original two-line mukhda `Anjan (Read Engine) ki seeti mein maro man dole, chala chala re daliver (Read driver) gaadi hole hole' became `Engine ki seeti mein maro bum dole, dauda dauda re driver, chalo mat hole hole.' Explaining the change Sneha says, "Back in the'80s a woman would reprimand her driver for going too fast because it made her heart beat beat faster. But today's girls will prod him to zoom down life's fast lane. Times change!" With the lyrics in hand Sneha approached Sunidhi Chauhan, who she'd seen performing, to bring the right energy to her song and also roped in Reshmi Sateesh.
ENGINE KI SEETI - KHOOBSURAT
Remeber Aishwariya Rai Bachan dancing to Nimooda Nimbooda from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Nimbooda Nimbooda In Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Nimbooda Nimbooda is actually a Rajasthani folk song sung the Manganiar and Langa communities.The Manganiar and related Langa are Muslim communities in the desert of Rajasthan, India and districts of Tharparkar and Sanghar in the province of Sindh in Pakistan.
The Original Folk Version
The next song would be CHIKNI CHAMELI
Chikni Chameli has been making waves and is one of the most popular Item Songs.
Chikni Chameli
Chikni Chameli is based on the Marathi Song Kombdi Padali.
Kombdi Padali
The song Jugni from Cocktail is very beautiful.
Jugni is actually a folk song sung by Arif Lohar.
Actual Song
The beauty of the new version is that it has sung Arif Lohar which preserves the melody and feel of the song.
In the Movie
Now moving on to the song that is very poular these days
Samjhawan Ki
The song is featured in the movie Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and has two versions in the movie itself.
However the song was actually sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for a Punjabi movie some years back.
The Original Song
The Movie Version
Last but not the least is the song AMBARSARIYA from Fukrey.
The Movie Version
This song is not inspired from a folk song.
The original version is Punjabi Rock/Rap song while the latest version is more classical.
The Original Version
There are many more songs that are inspired from folk and regional music in India. But these are some of the most famous.
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