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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Jawhar Sircar: The common man’s classic choice

Courtesy: gulftoday.ae

October 21, 2014


For BV Keskar, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Information Minister from 1952 to 1962, Hindi film songs were a strict no-no where Akashvani was concerned. In his opinion, the mission of the public broadcaster was to encourage only classical music. 

Keskar had to face a lot of pressure and ridicule for this rather obdurate stand, but there is no doubt that had it not been for him, Indian classical music — which by nature was meant primarily for the elite — may have never reached and enthralled the common man. 


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