Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, Identity [1 ed.] 1138929352, 9781138929357

Table of contents :
Music in Contemporary Indian Film- Front Cover
Music in Contemporary Indian Film
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
Tables
Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Indian Film Industries
Writing on Indian Film
Conventions, Music, and Personnel of Indian Film Songs
Case Study: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G) (Johar 2001)
Chapter Themes and Overview
Notes
References
PART I: Hindi Hegemony
Chapter 1: 1942 – A Love Story: R.D. Burman’s Posthumous “Comeback” at the End of Old Bollywood
Ends, Beginnings, and Transitions in Mumbai’s Film and Music Industry
R.D. Burman in the World of Hindi Film Song
The Songs of 1942 – A Love Story
Conclusion
Note
References
Chapter 2: Antakshari in Maine Pyar Kiya: Intertextual Pleasures and Musical Medleys at the Dawn of a New Era in Hindi Cinema
Introduction
The Film and Its Context
The Antakshari Scene
Meaning and Significance
Notes
References
Chapter 3: From Vamp to Queen: The Remixed Sound of the Bollywood Scene
The Remix Phenomenon
The Original
Reviving the Retro
Conclusion, a.k.a. End-Credits Sequence
Notes
References
Website
Chapter 4: Authorizing Gesture: Mirchi Music Awards and the Re-calibration of Songs and Stardom
Awards Ceremonies as Shows
Aural and Visual Performances
Bombay Cinema and Television
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Tensions of Musical Re-animation from Bollywood to Indian Idol
Hindi Film Songs in and beyond the Film
The Emergence of Reality Music TV in a Changing India
Bollywood Songs and Insider Influence
“Jab tak hai jaan”: From Sholay to Indian Idol
Re-animating and Re-inscribing the Original
Coda: Failures and Successes
Notes
References
Chapter 6: Magic, Destruction, and Redemption in the Soundtracks of Aashiqui 2, RockStar, and Rock On!!
Rock in India: The Exotic Years
Rock’s Emergence
Only Rock Can Save You: The Use of Rock inAashiqui 2, Rock On!!, and RockStar
A New Genre for a New Era
Magic, Destruction, and Redemption
Conclusion
Notes
References
PART II: Regions and Identities
Chapter 7: Violence, Reconciliation, and Memory: A.R. Rahman’s “Bombay Theme”
Film Song, Film Music
The Bombay Soundtrack
Music, Film, and Memory
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 8: Iconic Voices in Post-Millennium Tamil Cinema
“Why This Kolaveri Di”
The Anti-Playback Aesthetic
Language, Sound, and the Cultural Politics of Masculinity
Item Numbers and Mass Hero Films
Sound and Meaning in “Kalasala”
Gender and the Management of Relatedness
Conclusion: Why This Kolaveri (and That Kalasala)?
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Websites
Chapter 9: Folk Drums and Tribal Girls: Sounding the Himalayas in Indian Film
Sounding Himalayan Folk
Madhumati (Roy 1958)
Film Music in the Indian Himalayas
Notes
References
Chapter 10: Film Frontiers: Imagining Rajasthan in Contemporary Bollywood Film
Introduction: A Precarious Space
Regional Articulations of Identity
Rajasthan as Distillation of the Nation
Developing the State in Rajasthan
Dor: A Widow’s Freedom?
Paheli: A Woman’s Choice
Coda
Note
References
Websites
Chapter 11: Evolution of a Ritual Musical Genre: The Adaptation of Qawwali in Contemporary Hindi Film
Introduction: Sama (Listening)
The Context of Khanaqahı Qawwalı
Transformation One: From the Hermitage (khanaqah) to the Shrine (dargah)
Transformation Two: Qawwali to Filmi Qawwali
Qawwali in Hindi Cinema
“Khwaja mere khwaja . . . ” Jodhaa Akbar (Gowariker 2008)
Qawwali’s Next Transformation: Rock-Pop-Techno Qawwali
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 12: Music, Sound, Noise: Interposition of the Local and the Global in Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur
Mixing Music: Melody, Disco, and Contexts of Memory
Mixing Noise: The Local/Global in Anurag Kashyap Films
Sonic Explorations in Gangs of Wasseypur
Sound Trippin’: Sneha Khanwalkar’s Sound Innovations
Khanwalkar and Kashyap’s Partnership
Conclusion
Notes
References
Afterword
Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, Identity
Singers and Voices
The Song in the Film
Songs and Different Types of Love
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index