[en] Recent developments in the field of lattice dynamics of metals, with an emphasis on work carried out in India, are reviewed. The phenomenological electron gas models, their various versions and their combinations to explain the phonon frequencies of simple and d-band metals are critically presented. It is concluded that these models predict the dominance of non-central forces in the d-band metals. The extensions of the nearly free electron, Orthogonalized Plane Wave (OPW), and pseudopotential theories of lattice dynamics of metals are systematically analysed. It is found that most of the Indian workers contributed towards the modifications of nearly free electron and local model potential theories to analyse the phonon spectrum. Few calculations on OPW theory have emphasized the importance of dielectric screening and non-local nature of the electron-ion interaction while other calculations on non-local pseudopotential theory have emphasized the importance on higher order electron-ion interactions in the investigations of phonon dispersion relations. A completely generalized approach which evolves the screened breathing shell model for d-band metals, is presented. The importance of local field corrections which give rise to the three body forces is emphasized. Recently developed phenomenological models, closely related to the screened breathing shell model for a d-band metal, is also presented systematically. The new approaches due to Verma and Weber and Allen are also discussed. The future prospects of the subject both in India and abroad are indicated. (auth.)