A Musical Glue for Nation-Building - Deconstructing the Film Song
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A key section of the India Studies framework at The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) is “Deconstructing the Film Song”. It began with a series of four workshops during our Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival Series that brought together leading scholars & academics, film practitioners & students, along with fans of the Hindi film song. The objective of these workshops was 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, so as to help clarify the nature of India and her relationship to the film song. 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. These first Workshops were 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.
A key section of the India Studies framework at The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) is “Deconstructing the Film Song”. It began with a series of four workshops during our Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival Series that brought together leading scholars & academics, film practitioners & students, along with fans of the Hindi film song. The objective of these workshops was 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, so as to help clarify the nature of India and her relationship to the film song. 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. These first Workshops were 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.
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A key section of the India Studies framework at The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) is “Deconstructing the Film Song”. It began with a series of four workshops during our Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival Series that brought together leading scholars & academics, film practitioners & students, along with fans of the Hindi film song. The objective of these workshops was 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, so as to help clarify the nature of India and her relationship to the film song. 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. These first Workshops were 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.
Body of Work
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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. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies | 17 February 2026 | M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
A Musical Glue for Nation Building - Four Classic Songs from the cinema of Chetan Anand and the genius of Madan Mohan, Kaifi Azmi, Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies | 16 February 2026 | M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
A Musical Glue for Nation Building - Four Classic Songs from the cinema of V. Shantaram and B.R. Chopra and the genius of Vasant Desai, O.P. Nayyar, Ravi, Bharat Vyas, Sahir Ludhianvi, Hasan Kamal, Asha Bhosle, Salma Agha & Mohammed Rafi. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies | 19 February 2026 | M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
A Musical Glue for Nation Building - Four Classic Songs from the cinema of Raj Kapoor and the genius of Shankar-Jaikishan, Shailendra, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Manna Dey & Mohammed Rafi. Tuli Research Centre for India Studies | 17 February 2026 | M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
Research Centre
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Yeh Mana Meri Jaan - an anarchic joy of subaltern energy dancing to romance | Hanste Zakhm (1973), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "He went bananas with this song" Ketan Anand on Chetan Anand's Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Why Do the Classic Film Songs of filmmakers such as Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Chetan Anand, V. Shantaram, B.R. Chopra, still move and inspire us?, 21 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). The Romantic, Patriotic and Emotional Landscape of Chetan Anand’s Classic Hindi Film Songs, 21 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Milo Na Tum To Hum Ghabrayen" - The Anticipation and Hesitation of Love | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - The Sufi Heart of Rafi's Greatest Heartbreak Song | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - Ravikant on Loss, Landscape & Rafi's Heartbreak Cry | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). How a film song helps build a Nation, healing her scars |"Kar Chale Hum Fida" | Haqeeqat (1964), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - The Tragedy of Love and Destiny | Heer Ranjha (1970)
, 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). India's finest patriotic song of duty, rooted in loss - "Kar Chale Hum Fida" | Haqeeqat (1964), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Yeh Maana Meri Jaan, Mohabbat Saza Hai - the joyous sound of love's longing | Hanste Zakhm (1973), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). From Chetan Anand's pain of suffering in silence emerges his cinematic rhythms, music and songs, 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Yeh Mana Meri Jaan - an anarchic joy of subaltern energy dancing to romance | Hanste Zakhm (1973), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "He went bananas with this song" Ketan Anand on Chetan Anand's Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Why Do the Classic Film Songs of filmmakers such as Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Chetan Anand, V. Shantaram, B.R. Chopra, still move and inspire us?, 21 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). The Romantic, Patriotic and Emotional Landscape of Chetan Anand’s Classic Hindi Film Songs, 21 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Milo Na Tum To Hum Ghabrayen" - The Anticipation and Hesitation of Love | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - The Sufi Heart of Rafi's Greatest Heartbreak Song | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - Ravikant on Loss, Landscape & Rafi's Heartbreak Cry | Heer Ranjha (1970), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). How a film song helps build a Nation, healing her scars |"Kar Chale Hum Fida" | Haqeeqat (1964), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - The Tragedy of Love and Destiny | Heer Ranjha (1970) , 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). India's finest patriotic song of duty, rooted in loss - "Kar Chale Hum Fida" | Haqeeqat (1964), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Yeh Maana Meri Jaan, Mohabbat Saza Hai - the joyous sound of love's longing | Hanste Zakhm (1973), 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). From Chetan Anand's pain of suffering in silence emerges his cinematic rhythms, music and songs, 24 July 2026 | In-house Video
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