![]() ![]() And in this battle, two unlikely people fought for melody: Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia, the celebrated Hindustani classical musicians. ![]() It won’t be an exaggeration to say that, as far as Hindi films were concerned, the 1980s saw a battle between melody and cacophony. Only Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Rajesh Roshan (apart from Bappi Lahiri, that is) measured up to the changed realities of the industry. A combination of these factors sent him into self-doubt and a depressive state of mind, leaving him unsure about his music. And, in the wake of a few films that flopped, he found himself out of favour of directors whose mainstay he had been for long. RD Burman began the decade in fine form, but was soon caught off-guard by the choppy waters of change. He made lovely music for Nakhuda, Bazaar, Umrao Jaanand Lorie, but starting pulling back from work in the mid-1980s. Most of the stalwart composers from the olden days had either passed away or withdrawn into the shadows of retirement. The Bappi Lahiri wave, the Sridevi-Jayaprada-Jeetendra wave, the T-Series wave…The decade was a series of such waves that dumped low-grade music on unsuspecting souls. As several producers from Chennai and Hyderabad went to Mumbai to make films (and a quick buck) based on flimsy scripts, the music quality dipped. The 1980s were troubled times for Hindi film music. ‘Our talks will be of lasting value to me’: When Kwame Nkrumah visited Nehru’s India.A mysterious drug resistance threatens to undo gains made by TB patients.Three Ashoka University departments seek professor’s reinstatement, threaten to stop work.Making Adivasi dreams come true, one library at a time. ![]() How good is Rahul Gandhi and the Congress’s fight against propaganda on mainstream and social media?.Narendra Modi’s latest speech showed he is a reluctant parliamentarian.Mumbai: Mob shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ beats up Muslim boy for going out with Hindu girl.But legal experts point out that it is illegal A Naga village’s unique water management system can be a lesson for the rest of India.India’s centuries-long experiment with tree plantations should be a warning to all foresters.For ancient Romans, India existed in a liminal zone between the marketplace and the imagination. ![]()
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