At 10:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, retired bank employee Jamuna Iyer from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, logs in to Nostalgiaana, an online community of music lovers. It is time for its popular show—Jukebox—wherein six select Hindi film songs from the 1980s onwards are played on loop for 30 minutes. Each song inspires a detailed discussion around its making and composition, the singers and lyricists involved, the raag and rhythms used along with lesser-known trivia.
When the title song from Yaadein (2001)—‘Yaadein Yaad Aati Hain’— was played in a session, show hosts Kalpana Swamy and Kunal Desai discussed how the song was the last recorded piece by well-known lyricist Anand Bakshi. A few key words from the song—nagme, kisse, baatein, yaadien—even made it to the title of the biography written by his son Rakesh. Part of the tune from the original is the introductory score for Sakhi Saheli, a show on Vividh Bharti, even today.
Although there is no dearth of platforms for someone looking to tune in to soul-soothing music, what makes online musical clubs significant is the concept of “guided music appreciation sessions they offer”, says Swamy, a movie buffwith a keen ear for “Hindi music, especially Bollywood”. Jukebox recently had its 50th episode, wherein participants could pick and play a song of their liking and present it within one minute, peppering it with anecdotes and trivia.
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