Pop Song Revolution in 21st Century
From 21st Century, Bollywood music took a turn towards the pop music of the western countries. Starting from Dil Chahta Hai in which music was given by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy to Rockstar in which music is given by A. R. Rahman are blended with pop music. In 2011, for film Ra.One famous pop singer Akon sung the song "Criminal" and Chammak Challo and "Stand By Me", a famous pop song was also added into the film. Pop music in India was also introduced before by famous musicians like R. D. Burman, Bappi Lahiri, Nadeem-Shravan, Kishore Kumar, Anu Malik, Anushka Manchanda from the All Girl Band VIVA, A. R. Rahman etc. A. R. Rahman the Indian music composer won the Oscars for the best song and music for the pop song he composed named "Jai Ho" for the film Slumdog Millionaire.
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