A Musical Glue for Nation-Building
ArchivedDeconstructing the Hindi Film SongProject 62
A Musical Glue for Nation-Building
Four Classic Songs from the cinema of Guru Dutt and the genius of S.D. Burman, O.P. Nayyar, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Geeta Dutt & Mohammed Rafi
Babuji Dheere Chalna | Aar Paar-1954
Jinen Naaz Hai Hind Par | Pyaasa-1957
Ye Duniya Agar Mile Be Jaye | Pyaasa-1957
Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam | Kaagaz Ke Phool-1959
17th February 2026
Time6:30pm, 17th February 2026
VenueM.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 72 K.K. Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110006
Discussants
Madan Gopal Singh, Ravikant, Antara Mondal, Juhi Saklani & Neville Tuli
Research Categories1_CinemaEducation·12_Scholarship
About this event
A key section of the India Studies framework at The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) is “Deconstructing the Hindi Film Song”. It will begin with a series of four workshops that brings together leading scholars & academics, film practitioners & students, along with fans of the Hindi film song. The objective of these workshops is to deconstruct iconic Hindi film songs to examine their formation across music, lyrics, playback, choreography, directorial visualisation, as they fuse into sites where aesthetics, ideology, and performance intersect. The Hindi Film Song functions as a narrative device, conveying myriad textures of emotion through melody, voice and poetry. As cultural texts that encode memory, desire, and ideology, songs are integral to the circulation and resonance of films in the public realm. Over time they have become autonomous bundles of creative energy - the glue that binds us over time, articulating and perhaps even defining the idea of Indianness. The first Workshops are an attempt to understand the nature and power of this glue, while contemplating the ways to situate it within TRIS' academic framework for Contemporary India Studies.
Event record
Project62
FormatDeconstructing the Hindi Film Song
StatusArchived
Dates17th February 2026
VenueM.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 72 K.K. Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110006
Discussants1
Research Categories2
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