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Catchy and vibrant songs are expected from Salman Khan’s action masala films. Whether it is Anu Malik, Pritam and Vishal-Shekhar, music composers always put emphasis on Salman Khan’s style of music. Audiences love to see him dance. ‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’ has four songs and three music directors. Devi Sri Prasad and Himesh Reshammiya […] More
‘Laxmii’ (2020) directed by Raghava Lawrence, is a horror movie with a pinch of comedy. It is the remake of the Tamil movie ‘Kanchana’ (2011). With a soundtrack assembled by a variety of artists (as we cannot call all of the music composers!) such as Tanishk Bagchi, Shashi-DJ Khushi and Ullumanati and a team of […] More
A.R. Rahman goes behind the mike for the title track “Dil Bechara” which carries a simple tune. Written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, who reunites with the maestro, after ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ (2014), the orchestral arrangements overpower the tune but Rahman’s voice remains the highlight. The short duration (2m43s) leaves listeners wanting for more but its […] More
One does not really have huge expectations from the music of an action film as there is not much scope to include songs in films made in this genre. Till the ’90s or even the early 2000s, filmmakers would force songs in every film, even when there was not the requirement of as many songs […] More
Filmmaker Shonali Bose’s last film ‘Margarita With A Straw’ (2014) had a very good and largely innovative soundtrack by Mikey McCleary (music) and Prasoon Joshi (lyrics). For her new film ‘The Sky Is Pink’, which boasts of quite a stellar cast comprising of Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim and Rohit Saraf, she has brought […] More
Composers duo Vishal and Shekhar have done some of their best work with filmmaker Siddharth Anand. Out of all the good work they have done with him, ‘Anjaana Anjaani’ (2010) continues to remain the best. They team up again with Anand for ‘War’, one of the most anticipated films of the year featuring two of […] More
There was a time when the films produced by the Deols under their home banner of Vijayta Films (or now under Sunny Sound) were known for their superlative music. ‘Betaab’ (R.D Burman), ‘Barsaat’ (Nadeem – Shravan), ‘Dillagi’ (Jatin-Lalit, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Anand-Milind and Sukhwinder Singh), ‘Socha Na Tha’ (Sandesh Shandilya) boasted of some fine music. The music […] More
Despite delivering quality albums consistently, after being in the business for than two decades (as film composers), Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL) are not as active on the film front as one would like them to be. One of the reasons is that they are one (or three) of the few composers who have stayed away from being […] More
There is always good scope for music in a film which revolves around college life. After all, there are so many kind of emotions that can be explored and brought to the fore through songs. Pritam had delivered a thematic soundtrack for director Nitesh Tiwari’s last film ‘Dangal’. The music was the kind that did […] More
‘Kabir Singh’, the official remake of the Telugu film ‘Arjun Reddy’, is a love story at the core of it. With Shahid Kapoor headlining the cast and T-Series co-producing the film, one expects a good soundtrack in the offering. The album has been put together by a melange of composers including Mithoon, Sachet-Parampara, Amaal Mallik, […] More
Right from his debut film ‘Tum Bin’, director Anubhav Sinha has shown a penchant for good music. His collaborations with Nikhil-Vinay (‘Tum Bin’, Aap Ko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai’), Vishal-Shekhar (‘Dus’, ‘Tathastu’, ‘Cash’, ‘Ra.One’) and Ankit Tiwari (‘Tum Bin 2’) have resulted in winning soundtracks. Even his last film ‘Mulk’ had a solid soundtrack. […] More
Writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar is known to have a good ear for music. ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’, ‘Gunday’, ‘Sultan’, ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ – all his films have boasted of good music. Out of the four films he directed in the past, he collaborated with Vishal and Shekhar on two (‘Sultan’ and ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’) and […] More