And the music label’s biggest hits of 1996 — ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Jeet’ and ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’ — were all composed by the duo. The Gulshan Kumar murder trial began in June 2001.

Gulshan Kumar, the son of a fruit juice vendor, founded T-Series and transformed Bollywood’s music industry. Starting with affordable cassettes, he introduced legendary artists and built India ...