Best Hindi Film Music of 2021
Param Sundari picked up only after it became a sensation on Reels. At the same time, there was a surprising resurgence of a number of robust, wholesome albums
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Arijit Singh
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Pagglait Is An Easy-To-Like Film About The Trappings Of Tradition
Sanya Malhotra is a fine actress and it’s all there: the subtle softening of her face when a man claims that he loves her, her conflicted bonding with the husband’s ex, the unfilmable epiphanies
Pagglait, On Netflix, Is Well-Intentioned But Lightweight
The film, starring Sanya Malhotra, doesn’t dazzle because the emotions embedded here don’t land
Pagglait Music Review
You may not love each and every track, but there’s no denying that this is an uncompromising labour of love.
15 Hindi Film Songs To Mend Your Broken Heart
From Ja Ja Bewafa to Ja Chudail, a playlist of breakup songs from Hindi cinema
My Lockdown Diary With The Album Of 99 Songs: A Gift That Keeps On Giving
There are 14 songs in the album in as many genres (talk about variety!)
Benny Dayal's New Single Is a Satirical Take On The Music Industry
Dayal talks about why singers from his generation are getting less work and how analytics is ruining Hindi film music.
Arijit Singh Is Singer-Composer-Filmmaker In 'Rihaa'
It’s only when you see the music video that you get the DIY spirit of the enterprise, as though a bedroom producer with visual ideas collaborated with people remotely and did something for pleasure in his lock(downtime).
Why Bollywood Composers Have Started Their Own Music Labels
Hindi film music artists are releasing independent, non-film work to express themselves more freely. Is it also a reaction to the tyranny of big music companies?
When Arijit Singh Interviewed AR Rahman
What happens when two introverted musicians from two different generations chat for an hour and a half on Zoom Call? Some exchanging of notes, some fanboying, and a lot of nerding out
The Many Modes of Arijit Singh: 5 Songs
Whether it’s adopting a whole new singing style to inhabit a complex movie character, or letting the cracks of his voice show, a list of songs where the superstar singer sounds different
There's A LOT To Admire In AR Rahman’s 99 Songs
This isn’t just a movie’s soundtrack album. It’s a ‘concept album’, like the whoppers that major rock bands used to make when music was more than just something you listened to while doing the dishes.
