In the 90s, it was common for films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Taal to feature 10 or more songs. Today, movies like Amar Singh Chamkila and Kala are being released with a focus on music ...
The film, starring Rishi Kapoor, became one of the blockbusters in 1980. We still grove to songs ‘Om Shanti Om’, Ek Hasina Thi’, and ‘Dard-E-Dil, Dard-E-Jigar’ even after four decades, don’t we?
Indrasabha, a 1932 film that heralded the era of musicals ... was noted for 14 songs. Subhash Ghai's Taal had 12 songs, while Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein had nine tracks, including instrumentals.