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Ram Narayan

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By and large the present day Indian film music lacks soulful melody, sublime spirit and compelling charm of its lyrical intensity and has nothing Hindustani in it.
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Sharma, S. D. (28 February 2008). "Sarangi maestro calls present music soulless drudgery". The Tribune. 

 
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