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Fijian Scholar Dr Jasmine Jannif Explores Bollywood’s Golden Age Music and Melodrama in New Book
Dr Jasmine Sofia Jannif Dean blends family memories with scholarly insight to explore how music steered storytelling in Bollywood’s Golden Age (1951–1963). Rooted in a Fiji household where vinyl, radio, and ritual shaped everyday life, her study uncovers the emotional power of film songs across generations. A personal journey that reframes cinematic history through song.