The history of the Indian film is old and ecstatic. As we remember ‘Alam Ara’ was the first ever Indian movie in which we heard songs. The use of songs, dance started in the movies to express the love between a couple which later on transversed into various other relations and emotions. The songs were created keeping leading characters in focus. The songs written were in full emotion and music used to be slow paced and general musical instruments were flute, trumpet, tabla etc. Their capturing camera used to be so big and showing day-night scenes was difficult. They had to shoot at the correct timing for best captures. So the crew used to be available at all times on the set. Not only them, but the actors and actresses used to practice a lot for a song to align with the perfect scene and signature steps.

Later on, the ways in which these elements were created have shifted over the ensuing decades, the use of a cameras and the simultaneous recording of image and sound are in their manifestations, reflecting at times as the most enthusiastic one and not only of incorporating these elements into the film story but also of the development of the cinema itself as a storytelling device. Now the development of technologies, availability of rolling and flexible cameras have made the work so easy. Same with the Graphics, animation works which can be created and show the unrealistic places in the movies. Bahubali is a great example of this. The wonderful graphics used in the movie attracted audiences more than the storyline. The songs shooted and picturised in the movie were mostly artificial yet it gathered a lot of applause. 

Although we know technology has made things easy yet we know the beauty captured during the shoot of old songs is irreplaceable. And we still admire those old songs. They are soothing as well as relaxing. And most importantly old songs sounds to be future predictors telling us about what is going to happen in coming days. That is why we say ‘OLD IS GOLD’