Tag: Indian music history
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Why are Indian films mostly musicals?
To a large extent, Indian films have inherited the ancient Indian tradition of storytelling through music and dance. But there are also other reasons why Indian films continue to be musicals.
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A Heady Mix of Music, Romance, Religion, and History — What Mira, Andal, and Radha have in Common
The Bhakti movement was a remarkable religious movement that swept the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent for a thousand years or so. It influenced Indian culture in many ways. Needless to say, it also influenced Indian music.