INDIAN MUSIC HAS ACHIEVED UNIVERSALITY : BOLLYWOOD SONG:" BALMA "

                                       

INDIAN  MUSIC  HAS  ACHIEVED UNIVERSALITY : BOLLYWOOD SONG:" BALMA " 

"Tera rasta dekh rahi huun

Sigadi pe dil sek rahi huun

Aa pardesi moray  balma.."

Written by Sameer , sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sreerama Chandra, with music composed by Himesh Reshammiya, this song has turned  popular with youth across  continents. I saw many American youth  dancing to  the beats of its foot tapping music. The reason looks  both logical and cultural: Indian composers have always felt the universal pulse. They build songs around 95-110 BPM, open with an instant dhol-tumbi hook, and use repetitive, playful vocals that anyone can mimic in 15 seconds :  no translation needed. Balma works because it was engineered for movement, the same way Indian musicians have for decades composed for weddings, films, and festivals where 100 strangers must dance as one. Legends like R.D. Burman, Ilaiyaraaja, A.R. Rahman, and today’s folk-pop producers understood that rhythm is a language older than words, and joy is the most exportable emotion. That’s why  Balma  jumped from Desi creators to TikTok trends in New York, Algiers, Seoul ,London and  Lagos, and  it gives the world what it’s craving  for : real energy, real percussion, and collective celebration. Indian musicians didn’t chase a global trend. They created music so rooted and so human that the world had to come to it.

( Avtar Mota )

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