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Director Vijay Krishna Acharya’s debut directorial feature ‘Tashan’ had an electrifying soundtrack by Vishal and Sheykhar. Though the music of his subsequent films (‘Dhoom 3’ and ‘Thugs of Hindostan’) were…

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Dono Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Right from the time some of the earliest films in the banner were produced, Rajshri Productions was associated with quality music. ‘Dosti’ (1962), ‘Jeevan Mrityu’ (1970), ‘Piya Ka Ghar’ (1972),…

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Jawan Music Review

Anish Mohanty

After making his debut as a music composer with the Tamil film ‘3’, Anirudh steadily consolidated his position as one of the top composers in Tamil cinema. While he did…

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OMG 2 Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Oh My God – OMG!!’, released in 2012, had Himesh Reshammiya as the main composer. A song each, however, was composed by Sachin – Jigar (“Hari Bol”) and Meet Bros…

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Gadar 2 Music Review

Anish Mohanty

For ‘Gadar’, music director Uttam Singh put together a very earthy soundtrack that did complete justice to the film. Anand Bakshi, whom the composer had collaborated on multiple films prior…

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Rewind Holiday: The Ranjit Barot composed album was ahead of its time

Anish Mohanty

Ranjit Barot is known to be the best drummers to have come out of India. Apart from playing drums fir all the leading composers in India, he has also been…

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Adipurush Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Om Raut’s debut directorial venture ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ had a pretty good soundtrack. Ajay-Atul, who contributed just one song to the soundtrack of the historical action film, have put…

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Zara Hatke Zara Bachke Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Since ‘Go Goa Gone’, Sachin-Jigar have composed the music for a dozen (or more) films produced by Dinesh Vijan. While ‘Go Goa Gone’ was produced by Illuminati Films, a company…

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Kathal Music Review

Anish Mohanty

The premise of debutante director Yashowardhan Mishra’s feature-length film ‘Kathal’ is quite amusing. The film traces the journey of a bunch of cops led by a young officer (Sanya Malhotra)…

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U Turn Music Review

Anish Mohanty

The original ‘U Turn’, which was made in Kannada, was devoid of songs. One doesn’t know whether its Hindi remake, which has been headlined by Alaya F, will feature songs…

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Trishna Music Review

Anish Mohanty

After participating in a bunch of popular music reality shows in the mid-2000s, Nihira Joshi-Deshpande went on to sing several popular numbers for Hindi and Marathi films. She did a…

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Qala Music Review

Anish Mohanty

When a film is set in the Hindi music industry of the 1940s, you expect good things from its soundtrack. Your expectations soar higher as you realize the music of…

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An Action Hero Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Parag Chhabra is one of those new composers who have left a mark with their original compositions and distinctive style. Parag’s songs for ‘Waah Zindagi’ and ‘Good Luck Jerry’ were…

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Drishyam 2 Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Devi Sri Prasad or DSP has been one of the top composers in the Telugu film industry for the last two decades. Though he scored for Tamil films sporadically, his…

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Rewind Dor: One of the best soundtracks by Salim – Sulaiman has released on vinyl and it sounds as wonderful as ever

Anish Mohanty

In the ‘90s Salim – Sulaiman composed and produced songs for many popular non-film albums. Their journey as background score composers started with the Saif Ali Khan – Kajol starrer…

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Uunchai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Whenever a Sooraj R. Barjatya directed film is about to release, one keenly looks forward to the kind of music it will have. The director has had a very good…

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Double XL Music Review

Anish Mohanty

T-Series is one of the most proactive production houses in the Hindi film industry. As a music label, the company was always very active. However, in the last 5-6 years,…

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Phone Bhoot Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Horror comedies do have scope for music. This is a fact that has been exhibited by some of the films released in this genre. ‘Phone Bhoot’, the new horror comedy…

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Doctor G Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Given the premise of the film, one expects ‘Doctor G’ to be one of the quirkiest films done by Ayushmann Khurrana in the recent past. The film traces the journey…

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Goodbye Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Out of the four films directed by Vikas Bahl, three (‘Chillar Party’, ‘Queen’, ‘Shaandaar’) had music by Amit Trivedi. While Vikas got Ajay – Atul to compose songs for ‘Super…