Editing Filmi (section)

==Music directors==
{{Main|List of Indian film music directors}}
R. C. Boral, Harishchandra Bali, [[Pankaj Mullick]], Anil Biswas, [[Naushad Ali]], [[Khwaja Khurshid Anwar]] and [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] were noteworthy music directors of the 1940s. Rao, who scored the 1948 Tamil ''[[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]]'', the first all-India hit, continued music directing in Chennai until the 1980s. The 1950s and 1960s, included music composers like [[Shankar Jaikishan]], [[S. D. Burman]], [[O. P. Nayyar]], [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]], [[Hemant Kumar]], [[C. Ramchandra]], [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]], [[Vasant Desai]], [[Kalyanji–Anandji]]<ref>[http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ Carlo Nardi (July 2011). "The Cultural Economy of Sound: Reinventing Technology in Indian Popular Cinema". ''Journal on the Art of Record Production'', Issue 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615074412/http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ |date=15 June 2013 }}, {{ISSN|1754-9892}}.</ref> and [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]] in Hindi film music. [[K. V. Mahadevan]], Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy, [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]], [[G. Devarajan]], [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] and [[M. S. Viswanathan]] were active music directors for more than 35 years from the 1950s.

As Indian cinema segued into the 1960s and 1970s, pop artists like [[R. D. Burman]], [[Bappi Lahiri]] and duos like [[Nadeem–Shravan]] and [[Jatin–Lalit]] gave filmi a stronger western flavor with composers [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and [[Raveendran]] who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s in Tamil film music.

Major musical forces in the 1990s and 2000s have included [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Nadeem–Shravan]], [[Pritam]], [[Himesh Reshammiya]], [[Harris Jayaraj]], [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]], [[Vishal–Shekhar]], [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]], [[Ramesh Narayan]], [[M. Jayachandran]], [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], [[Deepak Dev]], [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]], [[Anu Malik]], [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[Salim–Sulaiman]], [[Devi Sri Prasad]] etc. A. R. Rahman, who was described by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as "India's most prominent movie songwriter",<ref>[[Richard Corliss|Corliss, Richard]]. (1 January 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050105035149/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,1013198,00.html That Old Feeling: Isn't It Rahmantic?] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved on 25 May 2008.</ref> is widely accepted to be the most internationally recognized Indian musician.