Music Reviews

Vikram Bhatt reinvented the horror genre with ‘Raaz’ (2002). The film, which went on to become one of the biggest successes of the year, paved the way for several more…

Music director Vishal Mishra and lyricist Rajshekhar have collaborated on a bunch of films including ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’, ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ and ‘Bamfaad’. On two of the films (‘Saand Ki…

Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy composing for a period film was something a lot of their fans would have been looking forward to for years. Shankar Mahadevan, after all, is…

One doesn’t expect to come across a lot of songs in a film that has been designed as an action thriller. However, in the past, there have been many action…

Ajay-Atul first collaborated with filmmaker Nagraj Manjule on the Marathi film ‘Fandry’ which marked the latter’s debut as a feature film director. After that, they collaborated with each other on…

There was a time when the music of most films produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt’s Vishesh Films would be exemplary. In the last couple of years, however, there has…

The original ‘Jersey’, which was made in Telugu, had a good soundtrack by Anirudh Ravichander. While Anirudh has been credited with putting together the background score of the Hindi remake…

A crime comedy, ideally, doesn’t have much scope for music. However, the fact that ‘Velle’ is a film about a bunch of youngsters make one believe that there will be…

When the promotional campaign of a film begins with the launch of a song, you realize the makers have a lot of faith in the music and believe it will…

“Huge!” – that’s the one word in which you can describe the expectations one has from the music of ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’. ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, which came out 16…

When a composer duo, with a very good body of work behind them, and a fine wordsmith join hands for the first time, you can’t help but have high expectations…

You don’t really expect a lot from the music of a film which is designed to be an actioner. However, ‘Sanak’, starring Vidyut Jammwal and Rukmini Maitra, features a young…

When a music company (T-Series) and a production house (Maddock Films) that is known to produce films with good music come together for a romantic drama, you definitely have good…