Urdu in songs should not be used! - Page 3

Originally posted by: Mard

I dont understand why almost all songs have heavy use hard core Urdu in them. Not sure why a great language like Sanskrit is ignored in hindi songs. Urdu is nice I agree, however so is Sanskrit, which is a very strong language. To me bollywood is trying hard to capture one paticular groups market, especially (Pakistanis)

Originally posted by: ---Betty---

Thank you @QueenBolly. What was that Lata Mangeshkar song? Please post it

Two points stood out for me from your post

"It is important to note that in 1931, Urdu was not the native language of any of the inhabitants of what is today Pakistan, although it was spoken in a few parts like Karachi and Lahore, because of cultural mixing. However, Urdu was a thriving language in North India (Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh)."

AND

"Since the music of Bollywood became more famous than the films themselves, careful attention was paid to the poetry of music. Only the finest Urdu poets were selected as lyricists for song writing. Urdu poetry became the medium of songs for several reasons."

Originally posted by: Mard

True, now days English and Punjabi too is being used, however Urdu is still used the most, why not purer hindi? which is more Sanskrit. They are hardly hindi songs

The funny thing though is, the dialogues in bollywood movies are more purer hindi, but songs still tend to be more Urdu