A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs on soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras. Lip-sync or Lip-synch (short for lip Synchronization) is a technical term for matching lip movements with voice Movies produced especially in the Indian subcontinent commonly employ this format. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
A majority of Bollywood, Sandalwood, Tollywood and Kollywood movies in India typically include six or seven songs. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India The Cinema of Karnataka, sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka. Tamil cinema or Kollywood ( Tamil: கோலிவுட் kōlivūṭ) is the English name of the popular Tamil Film Industry based in the Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same "star" status as popular actors, and talented music directors also receive high public admiration. The sisters Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar are the most well known and prolific, with Bhosle having recorded over 12,000 songs. Asha Bhosle (आशा भोंसले (born September 8, 1933) آشا بھونسلے is an Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar (लता मंगेशकर born September 28, 1929) لتا منگیشکر is a singer from India.
Songs in movies - the combined products of the talents of lyricists, music directors/composers, and singers - often determine the extent of success of individual Indian movies, and playback singers are thus an important part of the Indian film industry. Soundtrack albums of songs in movies are frequently released before the movies, and thus there is sometimes a mismatch between the songs in movies and the albums of those songs.
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This is a list of Indian Playback singers. The list is alphabetized by first nameDictionary
playback singer
-noun
- A singer whose songs are pre-recorded for use in films, especially in Bollywood musicals
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