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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of Guru Dutt: Dreams, Desire, and Disillusionment, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of Guru Dutt: Dreams, Desire, and Disillusionment, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Babuji Dheere Chalna" - More Than Just a Club Song, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Babuji Dheere Chalna" - More Than Just a Club Song, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Din Hai Bahar Ke" - The Coming Together of Folk and Modern Sensibilities, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Din Hai Bahar Ke" - The Coming Together of Folk and Modern Sensibilities, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Babuji Dheere Chalna" - A Song of Playful Defiance, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Babuji Dheere Chalna" - A Song of Playful Defiance, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Udein Jab Jab Zulfein Teri" - Romance, Folklore, and the Looming Motor Car, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Udein Jab Jab Zulfein Teri" - Romance, Folklore, and the Looming Motor Car, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Bah Gaye" - Love, Longing and the Popularity of the Ghazal, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Bah Gaye" - Love, Longing and the Popularity of the Ghazal, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Bah Gaye"  - Loneliness Depicted through Mise-en-Scène, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Dil Ke Armaan Aansuon Mein Bah Gaye" - Loneliness Depicted through Mise-en-Scène, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of B.R. Chopra and V. Shantaram, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of B.R. Chopra and V. Shantaram, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Ae Maalik Tere Bande Hum"  - A Bhajan from V Shantaram's film about prison reform, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Ae Maalik Tere Bande Hum" - A Bhajan from V Shantaram's film about prison reform, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Din Hai Bahar Ke" - A Celebration of Youthful Love, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Din Hai Bahar Ke" - A Celebration of Youthful Love, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Ae Maalik Tere Bande Hum" - A Film Song that became a School Prayer, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Ae Maalik Tere Bande Hum" - A Film Song that became a School Prayer, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Udein Jab Jab Zulfen Teri" - Romance and Resistance in BR Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Udein Jab Jab Zulfen Teri" - Romance and Resistance in BR Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of B.R. Chopra and V. Shantaram, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Music in the Films of B.R. Chopra and V. Shantaram, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam" - The Haunting Song of Guru Dutt’s Life, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam" - The Haunting Song of Guru Dutt’s Life, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain" - The Anguish of the Nation, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain" - The Anguish of the Nation, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam"- The Song Lata Mangeshkar Wished She Had Sung, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam"- The Song Lata Mangeshkar Wished She Had Sung, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kya Hai" - The Poet's Disillusionment on Screen, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). "Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kya Hai" - The Poet's Disillusionment on Screen, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Poetry, Music and Melancholy in Guru Dutt’s Film Songs, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Poetry, Music and Melancholy in Guru Dutt’s Film Songs, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Sahir' Ludhianvi's Question to the Nation in "Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain", 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). Sahir' Ludhianvi's Question to the Nation in "Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain", 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). The Idea of Artistic Integrity in Guru Dutt's Magnum Opus, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video, 2026
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Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor). The Idea of Artistic Integrity in Guru Dutt's Magnum Opus, 31 August 2026 | In-house Video
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                          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 | CinemaEducation | 00883640
                          19 min 40 sec · Long-form Video

                          "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" - The Tragedy of Love and Destiny | Heer Ranjha (1970)

                          Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (Editor)

                          Document TypeIn-house Video
                          Date24 July 2026
                          Duration19 min 40 sec
                          FormatLong-form Video
                          Description
                          "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" from Chetan Anand's Heer Ranjha (1970), transforms personal dejection into a rejection of society itself. Sung by Mohammad Rafi, picturised on Raaj Kumar, written by Kaifi Azmi and composed by Madan Mohan, the song is a larger statement about the world, and one of the most iconic songs of heartbreak and alienation in Hindi cinema. In this session, Ketan Anand recounts the extraordinary story of how the song was made. Chetan Anand insisted the film be written entirely in verse, an "insult to someone like Waris Shah" to do otherwise, sparking a fight so fierce he and Kaifi Azmi locked themselves away in Mahabaleshwar. Ravikant, Pavan Jha, Ketan Anand and Neville Tuli examine why this "immortal love story" required an immortal loss, why the song becomes less a heartbreak and more a Sufi soul's search wherein love is above all, not to be found in the temple or in the desert, but within; and why Madan Mohan deliberately refused to dress the song in folk, qawwali or Sufi colour, keeping it, as the panel puts it, "true blue" at heart. Chapters: 00:00 - "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" – Full Song (Heer Ranjha - 1970) 06:54 - Introduction – The Tragedy of Love and Destiny 07:20 - Why Heer Ranjha Was Written Entirely in Poetry 07:58 - The Challenge of Adapting Waris Shah 08:08 - The Night Before the Recording 08:36 - Chetan Anand Rejects the Original Song 09:23 - The Legendary 2 A.M. Phone Call 10:04 - Three Creative Minds Become One 10:32 - Kaifi Azmi Rewrites the Song Overnight 10:41 - Mohammed Rafi's Emotional Recording 10:56 - Filming Ranjha's Spiritual Search 11:34 - Teaching "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" in Film Studies 11:54 - Why Everyone Connects with Heartbreak 12:18 - Landscape as Emotional Storytelling 13:01 - Fantasy Space in Hindi Film Songs 13:33 - Beyond Heartbreak – A Sufi Journey 13:50 - Love Above Religion, Geography & Time 15:10 - Madan Mohan's Musical Genius 15:59 - Why the Song Remains a Pure Film Song 16:06 - Chetan Anand's Cinematic Philosophy 16:43 - Silence Between the Frames 17:08 - Chetan Anand's Search for True Love 17:35 - Heer Ranjha as One Continuous Poem 17:56 - Colour Symbolism Throughout the Film 18:24 - Kaifi Azmi's Rejection of Society 19:05 - Was Kaifi Azmi Really a Sufi at Heart? This video is from 'A Musical Glue for Nation-Building: Deconstructing the Film Song', presented by the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.

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