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Rhythms of India : Sounds of the City - Part One

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Musician and composer Soumik Datta presents a musical travelogue around India.

Soumik Datta takes a look at the popular music scene in India, discovering how Bollywood is changing and the impact of the internet on the Indian music industry.

Soumik Datta's musical journey around India continues with a look at the popular music scene, discovering how Bollywood is changing and the impact of the internet on the Indian music industry.

Soumik starts in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, where legendary screenwriter Javed Akhtar describes the roots of popular songs in Bollywood's storytelling tradition. He 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 on YouTube. And in Goa he meets Nucleya, an independent dance producer using WhatsApp to reach his huge young fanbase.

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