As we look at the landscape of 2026, Saregama faces its most paradoxical challenge yet. The rise of AI voice cloning tools means that any teenager can now make a "new" Kishore Kumar song. Saregama has responded with a blitzkrieg of lawsuits and a proprietary "Artist Protection" protocol.
: It held the rights to Alam Ara (1931), India’s first sound film. saregama
But the smarter move is leaning into (synchronization licensing). You can't hear a period film set in the 1970s without a Saregama track bleeding through the radio. You can't watch a Netflix documentary about the India-Pakistan war without "Aye Watan" playing in the background. As we look at the landscape of 2026,