2 weeks Ago By Tanmayi Savadi
Renowned musical band, Indian Ocean, has been entertaining melophiles for several decades. Recently, they performed in Mumbai at Phoenix Marketcity’s Dublin Square for their fans. Rahul Ram, the bass guitarist of Indian Ocean, spoke to Zoom exclusively about music.
Indian Ocean music band's Rahul Ram on music and Bollywood Talking to us, Rahul reacted to people associating Indian music with Bollywood. The bass guitarist said, “Bollywood used to be a huge percentage of the music that sold but there was always other music. Those who have limited knowledge of music associated it with Bollywood.
” He added, “Bollywood takes music from all over India and presents their version of it. That doesn’t change ghazal, qawwali and other folk music. That existed before Bollywood.
Those who have a limited worldview associate it with Bollywood.” ALSO READ: 2025 Grammy Nominee Ricky Kej Says Music Can Be 'Apart From Bollywood': People Ask Which Film Have I Composed For | EXCL About bass guitarist Rahul Ram Apart from being an important voice in the music industry, Rahul holds a doctorate in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell. After joining the Indian Ocean band in 1991, he went to America to learn to play the Alto saxophone.
Rahul has been associated with Bollywood for many years. In 2015, Indian Ocean composed the music for Vicky Kaushal’s Masaan and Rahul collaborated with writer Varun Grover and Swanand Kirkire for two songs and an original composition Bhor. Rahul, along with Indian Ocean member Asheem Chakrabarty, sang the song Yaara Maula in Anurag Kashyap’s film Gulaal based on student politics.
Recently, Rahul was a part of Vishal Bhardwaj’s Khufiya and Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo. His other projects include Black Friday, Bhoomi, Yeh Mera India, Peepli Live, and Satyagraha along Sarileru Neekevvaru. Rahul also acted in A R Rahman's movie, 99 Songs.
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