Bollywood songs removed from music app

Imagine loading your favorite playlist. It’s something you’ve spent hours and hours carefully crafting, only to find that half the song is gone.

If you’re a Bollywood fan with a Spotify account, you don’t have to imagine a situation.

That’s because hundreds of songs from India’s biggest blockbusters have disappeared from the app.

Spotify says it was unable to reach an agreement with the track’s owner after the old track expired.

Hits removed include millions-played soundtracks and fan favorites such as Malhari from epic romance film Bajirao Mastani and Kala Chashma from Baal Baal Deko It was

I noticed that many users had holes in their playlists and only after loading those songs and pressing play they were gone.

“What am I going to ask now?”

Bollywood fan Vishma Rai was on her coach when BBC Newsbeat spoke to her.

I usually kept my journey going with a playlist full of movie favorites like Kalank and Ram Leela.

But this time she finds that many people are missing.

“I’m so upset. This is insane,” she says.

“It’s such a shame that Calanque’s songs are gone. One of my favorites was the title track and it’s so upsetting. I don’t know what to listen to now when I want to feel loved.” not.”

For fans like Vishma, Bollywood music is part of the soul of the film, enhancing the action on screen and keeping it alive in headphones years after the film was released.

If the movie itself doesn’t do well, it can be the music that people remember.

One of Vishma’s other favorites is Nagada Sang Dhol in the tragic romance drama Ram-Leela.

And she doesn’t just miss them on her coach journey.

“It’s so annoying that they’re not there. They were a big part of my daily anthem that kept me motivated,” she says.

“But now I don’t know what to do. I’m really upset and I miss them.”

Fellow moviegoer Zeenat told Newsbeat that he canceled his Spotify subscription in protest.

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and the user piled up on twitter And on a Reddit thread, they said only those who missed.

As Spotify explains on its website, it doesn’t offer access to all the music and podcasts in the world.

Like any streaming service, we have licensing agreements with publishers and rights holders to make their tracks available.

It’s a similar system to apps like Netflix, where titles disappear before popping up on rival services.

Or, as is the case with Bollywood music, the deal has expired and Spotify told BBC Newsbeat that it has not yet been able to negotiate a new deal.

But fans like Vishma will be happy to know there is still hope.

Spotify said it would continue “good faith” attempts to find “creative solutions” with Zee Music, one of India’s biggest entertainment companies.

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