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Hindi film music
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51 Years On, S.D. Burman’s Music Still Touches Hearts
Jackie Shroff marked S.D. Burman's 51st death anniversary with a monochrome portrait and a Guide classic, reopening the composer's century-deep catalogue.
Retrospective
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AR Rahman, 34 Years On, Wants to Work Less
AR Rahman brings the Wonderment Tour to Mumbai and Delhi, folds Ramayana into the set, and reflects on 34 years since Roja—and doing less.
Interviews
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Rangeela at 31: Mehboob on letting characters write the lyrics
Mehboob revisits Rangeela at 31: the boarding-card rewrite, shaping Hai Rama from a 20-minute piece, and why songs must speak as characters.
Interviews
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Aashiq Banaya Aapne: the lounge moment that shaped it
Himesh Reshammiya traces the song to a friend who danced, cried and drank at a lounge, then turned that contradiction into a club heartbreak sound.
Retrospective
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Ganesh Acharya debuts as lyricist with Kar Mehnat
Choreographer-director Ganesh Acharya writes his first song, Kar Mehnat, sung by Sonu Nigam, for Ganesh: Dust to Stardust, releasing December 11.
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How shelved Yuva led Salman Khan to launch Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya says his 1998 break in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya began with a shelved Salman Khan project that had his father attached.
Retrospective
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Rahul Nair’s 16-Song Debut Tests Film Music’s Soul
Rahul Nair makes his Hindi film debut with Main Na Raha Mera, a 16-song single-composer score, and argues emotion must outlast a Reels trend.
Interviews
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Amit Trivedi: I never saw myself as a music director
Amit Trivedi recounts how Shilpa Rao's ambition turned an independent track into a meeting with Anurag Kashyap, and how he overcame his fear of film music.
Retrospective
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Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar pivots to party mode with Zulmi
Four days before its theatrical release, Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar has dropped Zulmi, an upbeat Tanishk Bagchi track led by Sargun Kaur Luthra and Tushar Chhibber.
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