'Hindi film music has lost its soul'

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />JAIPUR: The golden voice of the by-gone era, Manna Dey on Saturday lamented that Hindi film music has lost its soul and "quickies" are reigning supreme.<br /></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="27.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" fbfbfb=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/496710.cms" alt="/photo/496710.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" fbfbfb=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Hindi film music has lost its soul, says Manna Dey.</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"Time has changed everything.Earlier, music was created for hearts but these days it is only for the ears," the veteran singer, who was a contemporary of Mohammad Rafi, told reporters here on Friday.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Describing the current phase of film music as "disappointing," Dey said the "quickies" being churned out these days have a very short shelf life. "A song is recorded today, released tomorrow and goes out of listeners'' memory a day after," he said.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">"I do not know whom to blame. We cannot blame musicians and singers. </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Yeh to samay ki maar hai </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">(changing times are to blame)," Dey, who was in town to perform at a function, said.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">However, he named A R Rehman and Anu Malik as his favourites among the new crop of music directors. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">On the new trend of remixing of old songs and how he would feel if his own songs were to be remixed, Dey said: "</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="" font-style:="" italic="">Main hazar maut mar jaunga </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">(I''ll die a thousand deaths).�</span></div> </div>