This piece is a musical thread linking two of my abiding areas of interest: women’s work and Hindi film songs. Through my research I have been arguing that blanket assertions such as “Indian women don ...

Whatever happened to the long-long Hindi film song, the one that would stretch on forever on the screen and seemingly into eternity on the listening device? The one with a lengthy prelude and numerous ...

2023 was the year of earworms. Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, ...

A popular south number, ‘Naatu Naatu’ from director SS Rajamouli's film ‘RRR’ has been awarded the prestigious Golden Globe Award. However, this is not the first time that an Indian song has gained ...

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 While the ...

‘Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rain has the power to hypnotize.’ Haruki Murakami ...

Few playback voices in Hindi cinema have conveyed ‘dard’ as evocatively as Mukesh. I use the Hindustani word, and not pain, consciously. Because ‘pain’ does not quite carry the same connotation that ...

Hindi film songs are a cultural phenomenon. One needs only to see the soulful classical influences on toe-tapping beats to understand it Is melody more important or rhythm? Is the beat more appealing ...

Mohit Dodwani wants to make the piano appeal to a broader audience. A western classical pianist in Hyderabad, Mohit seeks to break stereotypes through Bollywood Soiree, an evening to celebrate ...

“Dhoom Machale,” a popular Hindi film song played at the end of Zohran Mamdani’s first speech as New York City’s mayor-elect, nodded to his Indian roots. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with his mother ...