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Tagore & The Hindi Film Song

An NCPA Library Presentation

Rabindranath Tagore prophesied, “Whatever fate may be in store in judgment of the future for my poems, stories and plays, I know for certain that the Bengali race must necessarily accept my songs: they must all sing my songs in every Bengali home, in the fields and by the rivers. I feel as if music wells up from within some unconscious depth of my mind, that is why it has [a] certain completeness.”

Little did the celebrated poet-composer know that his melodic inflections will travel across the borders of Bengal, into the cine-music of Bombay.

This guided music listening session conducted by Archisman Mozumder and Kushal Gopalka traces the origin and evolution of many a popular song like ‘Tere Mere Milan Ki Ye Raina’, ‘Bachpan Ke Din Bhula Na Dena’ and ‘Chhookar Mere Mann Ko’.

Entry free on a first come, first served basis.