Global appeal
16 years ago

Global appeal

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With A. R. Rahman’s musical genius gaining recognition worldwide, Indian music has reached another milestone in its long global journey that started more than 50 years ago. 1ac872d0-0662-11de-b39f-000b5dabf636.flvPeter Lavezzoli, who has traced this journey in his book “Bhairavi - The Global Impact of Indian Music”, says the next stage has now arrived. “People are just now beginning more familiar with Indian film music and we see that with the recognition of the Oscars to A R Rahman”, says author Peter Lavezzoli. But some say that if Indian film music doesn’t keep firmly rooted in the Indian culture, it risks being diluted to something that isn’t traditionally Indian.

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Independent artistes Hanumankind, Diljit Dosanjh take Indian music global: Report
6 days, 13 hours ago

Independent artistes Hanumankind, Diljit Dosanjh take Indian music global: Report

India Today  

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Ilaiyaraaja’s Symphony No. 1 and Chennai’s journey in western classical music
2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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New study highlights Indian musicians' worry over proposed government regulations for digital content
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3 weeks ago

New study highlights Indian musicians' worry over proposed government regulations for digital content

Hindustan Times  

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The copyright conundrum in Carnatic music
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Tuned into India: Sitar maestro Hidayat Husain Khan drops fresh rendition of national anthem
2 months ago

Tuned into India: Sitar maestro Hidayat Husain Khan drops fresh rendition of national anthem

New Indian Express  

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Mohanlal on Malayalam films being recognised nationwide: That habit should develop
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India Today  

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Mumbai’s tryst with classical music
3 months ago

Mumbai’s tryst with classical music

Hindustan Times  

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King hints Bollywood debut: I want to create original music for Hindi films; hope to work with Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar
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Hindustan Times  

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AR Rahman is back to enrich Telugu music
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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50 years in the industry feel surreal: Hariharan on childhood, films, and all things music
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Varijashree Venugopal on Spreading Indian Classical Music Globally
4 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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Blending Global and Indian Influences: A Visionary's Journey
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Deccan Chronicle  

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8 months, 1 week ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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9 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Ananya Birla quits music, says English music not valued in India, artistes react
10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

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New Indian Express  

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Careers in the music industry
1 year ago

Careers in the music industry

The Hindu  

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I have always dreamt of taking Carnatic music to every corner of the world: Varijashree Venugopal
1 year, 1 month ago

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Hindustan Times  

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1 year, 1 month ago

Indian music’s triumphant outing at Grammy 2024

The Hindu  

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How a platform is making Indian classical music more accessible
1 year, 3 months ago

How a platform is making Indian classical music more accessible

Live Mint  

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Exclusive: Indian-origin Canadian singer Abby V opens up on how America is embracing South Asian music
1 year, 4 months ago

Exclusive: Indian-origin Canadian singer Abby V opens up on how America is embracing South Asian music

Hindustan Times  

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A monumental project to create a digital archive of Indian classical music and performing arts
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The Hindu  

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MM Keeravani on Indian music scene: We don’t have music stars but playback singers who are dependent on films
1 year, 6 months ago

MM Keeravani on Indian music scene: We don’t have music stars but playback singers who are dependent on films

Hindustan Times  

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Elevating Music and Messages: A Conversation with Vineet Singh Hukmani
1 year, 6 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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M Jayachandran on awards songs singers and journey in Malayalam film music industry
1 year, 6 months ago

M Jayachandran on awards songs singers and journey in Malayalam film music industry

The Hindu  

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Book Review | Appreciating Melodrama: Challenging Western perceptions Piyush Roy offers a fresh view on Indian cinema
1 year, 6 months ago

Book Review | Appreciating Melodrama: Challenging Western perceptions Piyush Roy offers a fresh view on Indian cinema

Firstpost  

Melodrama, as an art form, has a rich history that continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its emotional intensity and dramatic storytelling. In the book Appreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television by Piyush Roy, the author explores and acknowledges the enduring impact of the ancient Sanskrit drama treatise, the Natyashastra, and its aesthetics theory, the ‘Rasa’ …

INDIA, THIS SIDE | How India as a civilisation is defined by its engagement with music
1 year, 7 months ago

INDIA, THIS SIDE | How India as a civilisation is defined by its engagement with music

The Hindu  

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Western artists have overlooked India’s live music scene for years. Now, they’re finally catching on
1 year, 7 months ago

Western artists have overlooked India’s live music scene for years. Now, they’re finally catching on

The Independent  

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Arjun Kanungo: We are going to have a global star in the next five years
1 year, 9 months ago

Arjun Kanungo: We are going to have a global star in the next five years

Hindustan Times  

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James Gunn: Bollywood has been a huge influence for me, it reflects in Guardians franchise
1 year, 10 months ago

James Gunn: Bollywood has been a huge influence for me, it reflects in Guardians franchise

Hindustan Times  

Over the years, James Gunn has made a name for himself by weaving together a superhero universe, and the American filmmaker admits the larger than life canvas of Indian films have played a huge role in his journey as a storyteller. “Indian films, in particular, have been a big influence on me, which reflects in the Guardians of the Galaxy …

COUNTER CULTURE | Culture as spectacle: Can the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre be India’s cultural compass?
1 year, 11 months ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Culture as spectacle: Can the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre be India’s cultural compass?

The Hindu  

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Why Indian cinema needs a pivot and how creative producers can help balance commerce with the art of filmmaking
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Indian cinema needs a pivot and how creative producers can help balance commerce with the art of filmmaking

The Hindu  

Over the last few years, Korean content has permeated the world. The work towards putting Korean culture on the world stage began more than two decades ago, championed by creative producers such as Miky Lee, vice chairperson of entertainment company CJ ENM and Chan-wook, who produces through the company Moho Films In the context of Indian filmed entertainment, however, this …

Irshad Kamil: Steps have been taken to improve the presence of Hindi in films
2 years, 6 months ago

Irshad Kamil: Steps have been taken to improve the presence of Hindi in films

Hindustan Times  

Having been a student of Hindi literature and someone with a doctorate in Hindi, lyricist-poet Irshad Kamil loves the language. Irshad Kamil: Steps have been taken to improve the presence of Hindi in films Irshad Kamil On presence of Hindi in Bollywood music: Today, every music creator is making music for a pan-India audience. So, in today’s Hindi film music, …

From Nehru to New India: Five films that capture Hindi cinema’s 75-year journey
2 years, 7 months ago

From Nehru to New India: Five films that capture Hindi cinema’s 75-year journey

Firstpost  

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Lata Mangeshkar felt cinema is an excuse for music in India. Read throwback interview
3 years, 1 month ago

Lata Mangeshkar felt cinema is an excuse for music in India. Read throwback interview

India Today  

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Jyotiradiyta Scindia urged to make 'Indian music' must at airports, planes
3 years, 3 months ago

Jyotiradiyta Scindia urged to make 'Indian music' must at airports, planes

The Hindu  

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations has requested Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to make it mandatory for the country’s airlines and airports to play Indian music. We have seen that airlines in India often only play foreign music, which neither one can enjoy, nor does one understand,” said President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Rajya Sabha MP, …

Indie films making waves at global film festivals is often a sign of them subscribing to the Western idea of 'India'
3 years, 3 months ago

Indie films making waves at global film festivals is often a sign of them subscribing to the Western idea of 'India'

Firstpost  

The thing about film festivals is that those who judge films from a variety of countries are basically strangers to the realities of that country, aware of them only through narratives already in the media space. The last year or two have been very good for independent Indian cinema at international film festivals, with PS Vinothraj’s visually striking Tamil film …

Ratna Pathak Shah on BAFTA Breakthrough India, why south Indian films trump in originality, and more
3 years, 3 months ago

Ratna Pathak Shah on BAFTA Breakthrough India, why south Indian films trump in originality, and more

The Hindu  

After last year’s success, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has once again initiated their Breakthrough programme, in partnership with Netflix, to nurture prospective talent across film, games and television industries. The trio will help BAFTA navigate India’s diverse and creative talent pool as well as educate audiences about the charitable remit; increasing opportunities for people to pursue …

The Idea of 'Two Indias' Always Existed In Hindi Film Songs, Why the Outrage?
3 years, 4 months ago

The Idea of 'Two Indias' Always Existed In Hindi Film Songs, Why the Outrage?

The Quint  

Recently, a video clip of comedian Vir Das’ monologue ‘I Come From Two Indias’ at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC pointing at the contradictions and hypocrisies of Indian politics and society went viral. The idea of these two contrasting Indias has always existed in art and one of India’s most widely consumed media …

Hindi Diwas: Lyricists talk about the evolution of Hindi in Bollywood music
3 years, 6 months ago

Hindi Diwas: Lyricists talk about the evolution of Hindi in Bollywood music

Hindustan Times  

While the older generation continues to stay hooked to the Hindi film songs of their generation and rue Bollywood’s current music scene, the millennials barely know any tracks from the past. Hindi Diwas: Lyricists talk about the evolution of Hindi in Bollywood music Irshad Kamil When we speak about the fusion of other languages with Hindi in film songs, celebrated …

A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis
4 years ago

A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis

Firstpost  

When the nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 March 2020, it brought life to a grinding halt for some, and threw others into a what seemed like perpetual motion, as they traversed many hundred kilometres on foot, or any transportation they could find to make their way home. Read her …

Nikhita Gandhi: People no longer have fixation towards film music
4 years ago

Nikhita Gandhi: People no longer have fixation towards film music

Hindustan Times  

Much like other singer, Nikhita Gandhi, too, believes that there has been a fixation towards film music for long, however, she sounds happy when she says that’s no the case anymore. She says that the surge of non film music last year helped a lot of independent artistes get noticed. Singer Nikhita Gandhi got popular through Bollywood songs such as …

It’s time film songs took the back seat: Composer Ghibran
4 years, 3 months ago

It’s time film songs took the back seat: Composer Ghibran

New Indian Express  

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Hindi Cinema is Capable of Healing and Strengthening Itself, Writes Prasoon Joshi
4 years, 5 months ago

Hindi Cinema is Capable of Healing and Strengthening Itself, Writes Prasoon Joshi

News 18  

Cinema, over the last century, has welded itself into the cultural narrative, achieving an impact that no other singular medium could. Let’s understand more intricately why Cinema related issues have become increasingly polemical. What was forgotten was that cinema and many professional industries that emanate from art could not be judged like other businesses, or balance sheet made chief spokesperson. …

Take it Easy: How AR Rahman’s ‘Urvasi’ influenced will.i.am, and a generation of Chennaiites
4 years, 6 months ago

Take it Easy: How AR Rahman’s ‘Urvasi’ influenced will.i.am, and a generation of Chennaiites

The Hindu  

What’s common to American rapper will.i.am and 90s kids in Chennai? In a recent virtual conversation with AR Rahman, the popular rapper spoke rather excitedly about this Tamil superhit number, which served as the inspiration for his track, ‘It’s My Birthday’. Said a very animated will.i.am to an amused Rahman, “When I first heard it, I was like ‘Yo, what …

When classical music meets cinema
4 years, 7 months ago

When classical music meets cinema

The Hindu  

For this generation, K.L. The news of Chaitanya Tamhane’s Marathi film, The Disciple, being selected for the Venice International Film Festival and Anand Tiwari’s Bandish Bandits dropping on an OTT platform have brought classical music back into popular culture. Bharat Bhushan, who featured in many musicals including Baiju Bawra, Basant Bahar, Sangeet Samrat Tansen, and Sohrab Modi’s Mirza Ghalib, was …

Armaan Malik: I was replaced in more than 12 songs in the last one year
4 years, 8 months ago

Armaan Malik: I was replaced in more than 12 songs in the last one year

India Today  

At the India Today e-Mind Rocks 2020, Armaan Malik spoke on his journey in the music industry, his love for pop music, his take on music mafia and more. When I came to India, my father sat me down and told me that this is India, English music isn't much relevant here. There is a notion that Indian singers don't …

International Jazz Day: Looking at the influence of jazz on Indian music
4 years, 10 months ago

International Jazz Day: Looking at the influence of jazz on Indian music

Hindustan Times  

The story of jazz in Bollywood dates back to the ’50s and 60s, when Goan musicians like Frank Fernand, Sebastian D’Souza and Anthony Gonsalves brought alive Indian classical compositions with their Western musical arrangements. Listeners need to be exposed to it and not judge it by its name.” Since this genre dates back to the 60’s, audience like music which …

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