Mumbai, May 6 -- In a defining moment for the Indian music fraternity, some of the country's most celebrated musical minds came together at the Jio World Studio Theatre in Mumbai to unveil 'Goongoonalo', a first-of-its-kind, artist-owned digital platform designed to give creators complete control over their work and connect directly with their audience.

The event saw an impressive lineup of more than 30 iconic musicians, including Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Sameer Anjaan, Prasoon Joshi, Hariharan, and many more, who endorsed the platform as a long-overdue response to creative restrictions in the mainstream industry.

Conceived by lyricist Javed Akhtar, composer Shankar Mahadevan, and tech innovator Sridhar Ranganathan, ...