Vulgur Bhojpuri Song – Gaining Popularity

This article is in the response comment to article by http://abhayart.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/i-am-afraid-of-it/#comments

Every body is afraid of the vulgar Bhojpuri local songs popularity in Bihar. This is not only going to ruin the culture. But it pollutes the young minds. Absolutely we are getting affected from it. I am surprised India has no sensor board for it. Earlier days this kind of music was limited to certain group. They were played only on few days like Holi or Nautangi dances. The purpose was only to refresh or entertainment. But its presence is everywhere.

Western countries have all the dirty lyrics and videos in their albums. They are acceptable according to their culture. But in India we can’t see our sister and mother naked dancing with gigolos. Although we have accepted many culture customs of west, but it has certain limitations.

The electronic media has given a good platform to spread these songs. We can say it is one of the negative uses of media. Bhojpuri language is on most popular language in Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh. There is no harm if we spread our culture. Recently launched TV channel MAHUWA has gain tremendous popularity. This is good for this poor area. It will generate various sources of employment.

The local Vulger Bhojpuri audio and video songs are very popular. I also have enjoyed it sometime but just for entertainment. I said earlier about certain limitations which our culture has, should be maintained. It should not be made public.

There may be many solutions for this problem.

1.      Employment: – Employee the local singers in sponsored channels. Give them money and promote for composing good music with a view to trap global audience. Like we don’t understand many French, Italian and Arabic song, but still listen because of their good music.

2.      Sensor Board : – This may be a tough decision initially, but can be done with a good plan