Behind the Curtain:
Making music in Mumbai's film studios
by Gregory D Booth
Oxford University Press, 2009
If the high technology that governed the making of A R
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The Pakistani film industry struggles for originality as pirated Indian movies steal the show.
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Interview with Junoon's Salman Ahmad
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