Two days back-to-back: The oldest & latest Bollywood music at capital’s JLN stadium

AAprilri ApriAprilri One can take Indians out of Bollywood, but one simply cannot take Bollywood out of an Indian’s heart. No matter where we go, what we become, Bollywood music remains evergreen in our hearts.

Dedicated to Bollywood music lovers, the Hungama Bollywood Music Project, presented by the Bhutani Group, was celebrated as Asia’s largest Bollywood Music Festival. The two day carnival was organized by Event Capital (a Laqshya Media Group Company) and TM Talent Management, and saw a footfall of over 20,000 people, comprising of 60 iconic artistes and supported by over 200 musicians on three stages.The festival also showcased an array of music genres such as contemporary, folk, Punjabi, rap, sufi, pop and hip hop.

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According to Tarsame Mit- ApriAprilri ApriAprilri tal, Founder of TM Talent People kept switching Management, “There are alstages to make sure that they ways some people who don’t enjoy the variety of songs belike a particular genre of muing doled out by seasoned arsic, yet Bollywood remains tistes and upcoming artistes the biggest genre of music in like Mame Khan’s Padharo India. So it’s like earlier if 95% Mhare Des, Jassie Gill’s Baapu people used to tune into Boltera Laden toh nahi. lywood, it might be 90% now. Seeing the similarity beBollywood is known to adapt tween several musical festito changes, anything which vals, Tarsame Mittal stated is successful. If an indepenthat BMP and NH7 would dent sound is successful like be like Big Baazar and Hyper Honey Singh, Bollywood City Mall, they might sell the adapts to it.” same product but they don’t

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