Brain Makes Music | Full Premiere Event & Documentary Screening

The premiere of Brain Makes Music was held on Tuesday, June 9, at the Nehru Centre Auditorium, Mumbai. The evening brought together music, medicine, and meaningful conversations, beginning with a flute recital by Pandit Nityanand Haldipur and team, followed by insights from Dr. Ashit Sheth and a special talk on Medicine & Music by Chief Guest Dr. Farokh Udwadia. The event concluded with the premiere screening of the documentary, creating a thoughtful space to experience the connection between music, healing, and the human mind. A documentary on music and the human mind how rhythm, melody and sound shape the brain, bind communities, and heal the body. In this episode, Dr. Ashit Sheth, psychiatrist of fifty years, traces music from its evolutionary origins to its role in modern neuroscience and music therapy. Drawing on five decades of clinical practice, Dr. Sheth explains how music acts on every region of the brain from the limbic system's emotional core to the cerebellum's role as an inner timekeeper and why it remains one of the most powerful non-pharmacological tools in clinical psychiatry. What this documentary covers: The evolutionary origins of music and the human voice box as the first instrument Indian classical music and the Samaveda the oldest musical tradition in the world How music releases dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins simultaneously What brain scans reveal when music enters the brain and why every region responds The musician's brain versus the untrained brain: structural differences and neuroplasticity What amusia, amelodia and musical anhedonia are and what they tell us about the mind How music influences behaviour without our awareness from supermarkets to cinema Music therapy: a 3,000-year-old practice now recognised across neurology, psychiatry and developmental medicine Conditions that respond to music therapy: Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, stroke, autism, depression and more A 102-year-old patient with advanced Alzheimer's and what she could still do About Dr. Ashit Sheth: M.D., D.P.M. Retired Honorary Professor of Psychiatry, G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Fifty years of clinical practice, teaching, research and hypnotherapy. A psychiatrist and a storyteller. Created in association with Atul Merchant "Jataayu." About Jataayu Atul Merchant: A musician, writer, and student of Vedanta, Jataayu Atul Merchant has spent decades immersed in Indian classical music and spiritual thought. A disciple of the legendary Annapurna Devi from 1982 onwards and author of Annapurna Devi: The Untold Story of a Reclusive Genius, his association brings depth, cultural context, and artistic sensitivity to this documentary. About Annapurna Devi Foundation: Founded by Annapurna Devi herself in 2015, the Annapurna Devi Foundation carries forward the legacy of one of Hindustani classical music’s most revered gurus. Rooted in the preservation of the Maihar Senia gharana, the Foundation works to promote Indian classical music, support deserving musicians, organise concerts, encourage documentaries on musicians, and honour artists of high calibre. Website: https://annapurna-devi.org/ Contact: [email protected] (+91) 022-35947671. Credits Post Production by Unwyre Solutions Producer - GURVIR SINGH NAGI VFX & Motion Graphic - KARAN MHATRE Editor & Sound Design - SUSHIL V Project Co-ordinator - SAISARVESH S Editor & Creative Direction - SIDDHESH KANGANE Music Designing (Mixing and mastering) KSW Voiceover Artist MONAZ RANINA Shoot Team Director of Photography - DEEPAKK KUMAR Lights - MUNNA RANA Teleprompter - SANOJ A Attendant - ANKIT YADAV Stay Connected With Us: Instagram- / uns_documentaries (human mind documentary, psychiatry documentary, Dr Ashit Sheth, Dr. Ashit Sheth, mental health documentary India, documentary on the human mind, documentary on psychiatry, mind and behaviour documentary, science of the mind, neuroscience documentary, documentary on emotions, hypnotherapy documentary, Indian psychiatry documentary, understanding the human mind, memory and mood documentary, music and the mind documentary, KEM Hospital psychiatry, GS Medical College psychiatry, Unwyre Documentaries, UNS Documentaries, Atul Merchant Jataayu, documentary series India, Mumbai psychiatry) #HumanMindDocumentary #MusicAndTheMind #PsychiatryDocumentary #DrAshitSheth #UNSDocumentaries #NeuroscienceDocumentary #MusicTherapy #MentalHealthIndia #ScienceOfTheMind #DocumentarySeries