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In India, cinema is an excuse for music.
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The line playfully reverses the usual relationship between film and music. Instead of treating music as one part of cinema, it presents cinema as a reason to create and enjoy music. “Excuse” suggests that music is the main attraction, while the film provides the occasion for it.
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