Indian music and the Bagpipe
If you follow Bollywood remotely, you couldn’t have missed reviews for Shankar, Loy and Ehsaan’s scores for the multi-starrer Salaam-E-Ishq. Rediff describes it as awesome and IndiaFM calls it innovative.
Everyone is raving about the “unique” blend of bagpipe and punjabi dholak. I personally felt the music was so-so and forgettable, but I couldn’t resist doing more research on the use of bagpipe in Indian music. Especially since I was blown over by the excellent use of the bagpipe by Yuvan Shankar Raja in his track Nenjodu from Kadhal Kondaen.
When it comes to experimentation in Indian music, there’s only one name – R.D.Burman. As far as I can tell, he had used it back in 1971 for the ever-popular Caravan. I’m sure you all have listened to Daiyan Yeh Main Kahan Phasi many times, but listen again to the prelude.
Any other desi soundtracks that make use of the bagpipe?
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