Episode 19 - Influence of Indian Classical music on Bollywood music
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Bollywood story telling is all about conveying moods - one is happy, sad, at peace with the world, feeling awestruck and so on. And what better device to convey the mood than the hindustani classical ragas set to appropriate rhythmic talas. Whether explicitly so or otherwise, hindustani classical music and bollywood have had a huge connection - especially when it came to music of 1950s and 60s.  The songs covered in this episode are - 1. Poochho na kaise maine rayn bitayi - Meri soorat, teri aankhen (1963) 2. Woh shaam, kuchh ajeeb thi - Khamoshi(1969) 3. Phir kahin koi phool khila - Anubhav(1971) 4. Kahin deep jale kahin dil - Bees saal baad(1962) 5. Tere sur aur mere geet - Goonj uthi shehnai(1959)
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