With its recent trailer, ‘Operation Romeo’ has become quite the talk of the town. Produced by Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks and Reliance Entertainment, the film features compelling performances by Sidhant Gupta, Vedika Pinto, Sharad Kelkar and Kishor Kadam. Now, the makers have upped the ante on the anticipation surrounding the film by […] More
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ made a theatrical release on 25th February. Much before the movie hit the theatres the songs were trending all over social media. Bhansali had composed the songs himself, which were written by AM Turaz and Kumaar. Bhansali made his way as a music composer through ‘Saawariya’ (2007). He has always […] More
This Independence Day weekend, celebrate India in all her glory and revel in patriotism as ‘Bhuj: The Pride of India’ is all set to release on Disney+ Hotstar on 13th August. Inspired by the story of real heroes, the movie is a timely reminder of the immense bravery shown by not just the armed forces, but also the ordinary women […] More
From ‘Baazigar’ (1993) to ‘Hungama 2’, Anu Malik’s association with Venus Records & Tapes has been strengthening yearly. The Jain brothers have entrusted most of their home productions to the tunesmith for nearly three decades now – something rarely seen in the Hindi film industry. The Anu Malik-Sameer Anjaan combo has done wonders and together […] More
The fact that ‘Lucknow Central’ is about a group of prisoners forming a music band as a part of their plan to escape from jail gives one an inkling of the fact that music will be an integral part of the film. Furthermore, one’s expectations rise up substantially when one sees Nikkhil Advani being credited […] More
Imtiaz Ali’s films are synonymous with good music. Not all his films have hit the bull’s eye at the box-office but the music, or at least a couple of songs, always make it to the popularity charts and remain entrenched in the listeners’ mind for a very long time. Be it Sandesh Shandilya’s underrated score […] More
Director Shaad Ali has a very good track record as far as the music of his films is concerned. He has had a chequered career as a filmmaker what with some of his films (‘Saathiya’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’) hitting the bull’s eye and some (‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ and ‘Kill Dil’) biting the dust. But, […] More
It has been fifteen years since ‘Tum Bin’ released but its music continues to linger in people’s memory. Songs like “Tum Bin Jiya Jaaye Kaise”, “Koi Fariyaad”, “Chhoti Chhoti Raatein”, amongst others are still hummed today. The music of the film was a highpoint in Nikhil-Vinay’s chequered career as music directors. Nikhil and Vinay, who […] More
::cck::1136::/cck:: ::fulltext:: Amit Trivedi delivered one of the best soundtracks of 2014 in Vikas Bahl’s ‘Queen’. The composer teams up with the director again for his latest directorial outing titled ‘Shaandaar’. One expects the team to score an even better soundtrack this time as apart from the Phantom brand, the film has Karan Johar’s name […] More
::cck::942::/cck:: ::fulltext:: Director Karan Malhotra’s first film ‘Agneepath’ (2012) had boasted of some terrific music. The orchestra-heavy sound befitted the huge scale of the film. For his second film ‘Brothers’, Karan ropes in music composer Ajay-Atul and lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, the team that gave him a winning soundtrack for his debut venture. Though ‘Brothers’ (an […] More
::cck::778::/cck:: ::fulltext:: ‘Bombay Velvet’, director Anurag Kashyap’s dream project, is based in the Mumbai (then Bombay) of the 1960s. The crime drama features Ranbir Kapoor as a boxer and Anushka Sharma as a jazz singer. Both the director and music composer Amit Trivedi have mentioned in several interviews that the soundtrack of the film bears […] More
The music release of the original Tamil soundtrack I, was in news as the occasion was graced by the presence of Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger. There has been a substantial gap between the release of the original Tamil soundtrack and the Hindi version. A.R Rahman and director Shankar had last collaborated on Robot (Enthiran in […] More