Jai Ho & Munni Carved Way to London Music Curriculum
The decision was announced with the aim to give young students an opportunity to learn and explore music through the ages and across cultures
The Department of Education (DfE) in London launched a new music curriculum guide for schools and added Indian classical music, Bollywood hits, and popular Indie music including Jai Ho and Munni Badnaam Hui in the syllabus.
The decision was announced with the aim to give young students an opportunity to learn and explore music through the ages and across cultures.
As per reports, Kishori Amonkar’s Saheli Re, Anoushka Shankar’s Indian Summer, AR Rahman’s Jai Ho, and Munni Badnaam Hui from Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg are reportedly among the Indian musical references in the London music curriculum.
As Economic Times read, “It is important to recognize that modern British identity is rich and diverse, resulting in communities which celebrate and explore their own specific, localized ‘cultural capital’”.
“Item numbers feature in Bollywood movies without pertaining to the plot, and while the protagonist, policeman Chulbul, enters this song the main performer/producer, Malaika Arora, only appears in this number”, the guidance read while mentioning the inclusion of Munni Badnaam Hui.
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About the Indian classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar, the note stated, “Kishori Amonkar was one of the leading vocalists of Indian classical music in the 20th century”.
“Amonkar’s approach to music emphasized the spiritual as articulated in her statement that ‘To me it (music) is a dialogue with the divine, this intensely focused communication with the ultimate other’. Further listening might include performances where the melody is instrumental, such as the music of Ravi and Anoushka Shankar”.
As per sources, the DfE developed its Model Music Curriculum with a panel of 15 music education specialists-teachers, education leaders and musicians from across the United Kingdom (UK).
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“DfE had also committed 79 million pounds in the 2021-22 financial year for Music Education Hubs, which provide pupils with instruments to play in class, and 1 million pounds for charities which teach pupils about different styles of music”.
