The rise of absurd yet addictive lyrics
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Indian cinema has always had a vibrant relationship with music. From soul-stirring ghazals to high-energy dance numbers, songs have been the heart and soul of Bollywood and regional cinema. But somewhere in the 1990s and 2000s, a curious shift happened — songs with bizarre, wacky, and outright nonsensical lyrics began topping the charts. And surprisingly, they weren’t ridiculed or forgotten. Instead, they became cult classics.Take “Kuchi Kuchi Rakamma” from Mani Ratnam’s Bombay (1995), sung by Udit Narayan and Kavita Krishnamurthy, composed by the maestro A.R. Rahman.
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