Basic Info
First Air: May 21, 2019
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Last Episode
Name: Sounds of The City
Season: 1, Episode: 3
Air Date: 2019-06-04
Soumik Datta’s musical journey around India ends with a look at the popular music scene, discovering how Bollywood is changing, the impact of the internet and the rise of hip hop. He starts in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, where legendary screenwriter Javed Akhtar describes the roots of popular songs in Bollywood’s storytelling tradition. Soumik also meets, and performs with, famous Bollywood playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, the voice behind one of Soumik’s favourite Bollywood films, Mr India. To discover how the internet is transforming the music industry, he visits the headquarters of T-Series in Delhi, India’s biggest music and film company whose internet channel is now the biggest on YouTube. And in Goa he meets Nucleya, an independent dance producer using WhatsApp to reach his huge young fanbase. The film also explores how artists are finding different ways to mix western and Indian influences.
Rhythms of India
2019
1 seasons
3 episodes
Overview
Composer Soumik Datta travels around India exploring the country's rich and diverse culture and history through its music.
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Documentary
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