Reha M.A. (Final Year) Prof. Cristel Devadawson 13 th April, 2015 Relistening Hindi Songs Introduction This paper does not criticize lyricists who write particular words or the playback singers who sing particular songs but to analyze the psychology of an Indian mind that has been trained to think according to the norms of patriarchy. Hindi songs continually hit Indian women from every strata of society with racial and sexual comments. There have been a number of songs that define each part of woman’s body. Thus, she needs to be like a perfect beauty and figure for the male gaze. Like moving pictures we can’t see the music but music is an integral part of visual representation /media. This paper tries to focus upon the various dominant words or lyrics that define or discriminate gender role, and therefore, privilege the one (male) while subjugate “the other” (female). Origin of Music In Western Theatre the concept of music derived its base and source Reha 1