Film Language Tag: playback singer
A singer, particularly in Hindi-language cinema, who pre-records songs for actors to lip-sync in a film.
Going Crazy, Luck by Chance
Zaffar Khan (Hrithik Roshan) performs a dance number.
Love: The Transition From Gangster to Human, Satya
This scene is a montage that isolates Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) and Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) and further establishes their intimacy, showing that Satya is not just a rugged, tough gang member, but complex and emotional as well. This intimacy exposes viewers to his true feelings and makes him more human, as opposed to a hypermasculine criminal.
Pretty Woman Song-and-Dance Sequence, Kal Ho Naa Ho
Aman (Shahrukh Khan) sings and raps a riff off of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” to Naina (Preity Zinta), the beautiful girl he just moved next door to, much to her chagrin.
Professor Siras Listens to Lata Mangeshkar on the radio, Aligarh
Siras (Manoj Bajpayee) listens and sings along to a song by the legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. He sings along while listening as if the lyrics were representative of his life.
Sharmake yeh kyun sab pardanasheen (Why do these women adjust their veils?) , Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Pyare (Rehman Khan) spys on Jameela (Waheeda Rehman) and the other unveiled women attending a birthday party held by his sister, while they sing a knowing song about men who take peeks at unveiled women, sung by playback singers Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum.