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  • Watch Online / Rockumentary: Evolution of Indian Rock (2018)



    Desc: Rockumentary: Evolution of Indian Rock: Directed by Abhimanyu Kukreja. With Abiogenesis, Imtiaz Ali, Joe Alvares, Zubin Balaporia. This feature length documentary film is a never before heard story of how western music entered a pre independent India in the form of the Blues and the Jazz music in the 1930s and how it converted itself into a phenomenon named Rock n Roll by the 1960s that paved the way for present day rock bands in the country.This film is an attempt to capture the journey of unheard tunes that made inroads into a country dominated by traditional and classical folk tunes and the Bollywood film industry and has gone on to lay the foundations for a thriving independent music industry supported, followed and loved by millions. The concept revolves around interviews with veteran and established music artists who have been the Jewel of the evolution of Rock n Roll music genre in India. The musicians have been specifically selected upon the basis of their outstanding contribution towards this genre of music in India after the post-independence period till present times. Who were the bands that rocked India in the 1960s? What were the obstacles they faced? Who recorded the first album in western music in India? Do you know the Rock n Roll history of India?