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In the 1990s, MTV India and Channel V helped usher in a wave of Indian Pop music, that ruled our hearts for almost a full decade. We had India's answer to the western popstars! So why did it fizzle out and give way to the the big Bollywood machine? Listen to find out! Timestamps: (00:23) Introduction to Pop Kulcha! (01:52) Today's topic - Indipop (03:00) How it started - Biddu & Nazia Hassan (05:24) A New India - MTV, Channel V and Liberalisation (08:00) VJs - The OG Influencers! Cyrus Broacha, Anu Menon (09:55) Bollywood wasn't cool back then!  (11:23) The stars of Indipop! Alisha Chinoi, Shaan, Euphoria, Silk Route, Shankar Mahadevan, Falguni Pathak, Daler Mehndi (13:27) Baba Sehgal - Thanda Thanda Paani, Dil Dhadke, Magnasound (15:03) Baba Sehgal pt 2 - The "Main Bhi Madonna" story (16:10) The Fall - Bollywood is cool now? (18:17) MTV's change in programming - Roadies, Splitsvilla  (19:56) Bollywood is the new pop (21:07) The 'Remix' era & item girls (21:38) A New Hope? - Streaming, democratisation of music (23:46) Conclusion & Outro References: https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/mapping-the-unique-trajectory-of-baba-sehgals-success https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/sJy5S46UBuwLVGE2AyNwJK/That-nineties-show.html https://ivmpodcasts.com/simblified-episode-list/2018/11/19/ep-111-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-indipop-with-atul-churamani https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/what-killed-indipop-111060400036_1.html Follow us on social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popkulchapodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pop_kulcha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/popkulchapodcast/ Youtube (bonus video-only content!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJRzXhxzUTaupD0P_mCuIGQ ___________ This podcast was created as a part of Podcast Lab by India Film Project, in association with Anchor by Spotify.
24m 28s · Oct 1, 2021
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