Folk songs? Excuse me...

I thought the theme was "Look geet", translated into "folk songs". But I struggled to find actual folk songs in the entire episode.

Folk music, in the most basic sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. "It is music of the common people that has been passed on by memorization or repetition rather than by writing, and has deep roots in its own culture."

With the exception of Raja's Kesariya Balam and Sumedha's Morni baaga ma (An adaptation of a marwari folk song), I found that none of the others actually fitted into this category. All others were mere filmi numbers that had local dialects. If a song in a local dialect turns into a folk song - then every song in Tamil, telegu, punjabi or Gujarati is a folk song.

Even in Aneek's song, only the bit - "sa ra ra ra" is a folk bit. The rest is a pure filmi composition. Paan Khaye Saiyaan Hamaar - though sounds like a folk number, it isn't. It was specifically written and composed for Teesri kasam.

The creative team could at least called the theme something different.

Originally posted by: chewingums

I thought the theme was "Look geet", translated into "folk songs". But I struggled to find actual folk songs in the entire episode.

Folk music, in the most basic sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. "It is music of the common people that has been passed on by memorization or repetition rather than by writing, and has deep roots in its own culture."

With the exception of Raja's Kesariya Balam and Sumedha's Morni baaga ma (An adaptation of a marwari folk song), I found that none of the others actually fitted into this category. All others were mere filmi numbers that had local dialects. If a song in a local dialect turns into a folk song - then every song in Tamil, telegu, punjabi or Gujarati is a folk song.

Even in Aneek's song, only the bit - "sa ra ra ra" is a folk bit. The rest is a pure filmi composition. Paan Khaye Saiyaan Hamaar - though sounds like a folk number, it isn't. It was specifically written and composed for Teesri kasam.

The creative team could at least called the theme something different.

Originally posted by: Theatre

morni bagama is not a folk song. the lines sung by ila arun were folk but rest by lataji was filmi and that was like what 2lines. i dont count that as a folk song

it's not a folk song, it's an adaptation of one. but it's definately more folk than what everyone else (other than raja) sang. i would like it better to hear real non-film folk songs like we used to in the olden days of srgmp before it transformed into a reality show. there are so many regions in india that are filled with great disinct folk music and it would have been so cool if they put together a collection of folk music from all over india. i agree with the topic starter 100%.

I cant tell the difference between Folk songs and filmi numbers.. they all sound the same..😆