Room 01 · 4 pieces
The music room.
Pieces from the music room. RD Burman, Naushad, AR Rahman, Lata Mangeshkar — the composers and singers who built Hindi film music as a distinct art form across seventy years.
BEAT
Piece MU-001
Music room
Who Was RD Burman? The Pancham Da Story
Rahul Dev Burman composed for 331 films and changed Hindi film music forever. He banged glass bottles on the Mehbooba percussion. He married…
RAGA
Piece MU-002
Music room
Best Naushad Songs and Films You Should Know
Before AR Rahman, before RD Burman, there was Naushad Ali — the man who lifted Indian classical music into mainstream Hindi cinema. Mughal-e…
WAVE
Piece MU-003
Music room
How AR Rahman Changed Bollywood Music Forever
When Roja released in 1992, Bollywood music sounded different. A 25-year-old jingle composer from Chennai had just rewritten the rulebook. S…
VOICE
Piece MU-004
Music room
Classic Lata Mangeshkar Songs from the 1960s
Lata Mangeshkar's 1960s output is the golden ten years of her seventy-year career. Mughal-e-Azam carried over. Anarkali. Aradhana. Pyaasa. K…