hindi film music
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Irshad Kamil on Imtiaz Ali and film lyrics: ‘You don’t need heavy words to save you’
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Dilip Naik, the Hindi film industry musician you had heard even before you heard of him
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‘Saraswati Devi, who?’ Only one of India’s pioneering film music composers
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The Hindi film songs that feature working women
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RD Burman archival interview: ‘Only if you have a rapport with the director do tunes come to you’
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How KJ Yesudas cast a spell on Hindi film music
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Amit Trivedi lets his music do the talking: ‘There’s one life. We take it way too seriously’
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Pritam interview: ‘The importance of a song in a Hindi film has decreased – it’s hara-kiri’
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‘Nail-cutter, helicopter’: Amitabh Bhattacharya on quirking up Hindi film lyrics
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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Music and lyrics: For Anand Bakshi, his life was his muse
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Audio master: When Madan Mohan and Majrooh Sultanpuri created magic in ‘Dastak’
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What women sing about when they sing about desire
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Soul music: When Hindi film songs send a prayer to the Almighty
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Why it ain’t love if you ain’t dead in the Hindi film song
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Song check: For ‘Chehre’, a poem narrated by Amitabh Bachchan and music by Vishal-Shekhar
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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy interview: ‘We showed that Bollywood music could be cool’
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Music and lyrics: Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s story is as much about friendship as it is about their tunes
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Music and lyrics: The other Bappi Lahiri who gets drowned out by disco and synth
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Why a Bollywood action film is incomplete without Amar Mohile
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‘Pagglait’ music review: Singer Arijit Singh makes a solid start as a composer
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Song check: ‘Saina’ anthem has music by Amaal Mallik and lyrics by Manoj Muntashir
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The secret of Shreya Ghoshal’s success: ‘Don’t calculate, go with the flow’
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Reading between the lyrics of five patriotic Hindi film songs
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Why have Salim-Sulaiman gone indie? Because ‘Ore Piya’ wouldn’t stand a chance today
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Twenty shades of a king: The songs that define Shah Rukh Khan
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Music and lyrics: You can never think of ‘Razia Sultan’ without thinking of Kabban Mirza
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SD Burman to AR Rahman: A playlist of Hindi film composers who can sing (and those who shouldn’t)
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Music and lyrics: The Shiv-Hari partnership proves that quality always trumps quantity
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Asha Bhosle interview: ‘Machines can fix a voice, but can they give emotion?’
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‘Ginny Weds Sunny’ music review: Soundtrack for Netflix romcom hits all the right notes
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‘Khaali Peeli’ music review: Vishal-Shekhar EP is interesting in parts
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Music and lyrics: How Shailendra gift-wrapped cosmic truths through his songs
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Song check: New Punjabi wedding song incoming with ‘LOL’ from ‘Ginny Weds Sunny’
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On a different wavelength: Why Vanraj Bhatia is the foremost composer of Hindi New Wave cinema
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Song check: Mika Singh reworks old hit ‘Sawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag’ for ‘Indoo Ki Jawani’
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Song check: Tapori blues in ‘Khaali Peeli’ track ‘Tehas Nehas’
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Music and lyrics: Composer Ajit Varman was a meteor in the firmament of Hindi cinema
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A brimful of Asha Bhosle: A playlist of the legend’s songs beyond the movies
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A playlist of actors who sing, singers who act, and those who shouldn’t be as brave
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How Rajesh Roshan survived as a Bollywood composer for five decades
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Song check: Javed Ali celebrates love in ‘Sadak 2’ song ‘Ishq Kamaal’
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Song check: Autotuned longing in ‘Tum Se Hi’ from ‘Sadak 2’
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‘Khuda Haafiz’ music review: Full marks to the Mithoon album
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Song check: Mithoon, Sayeed Quadri and Vishal Dadlani team up for ‘Khuda Haafiz’ title track
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‘Shakuntala Devi’: Sachin-Jigar’s music for Vidya Balan-starrer goes by too quickly to register
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Song check: Vidya Balan is ‘Rani Hindustani’ in latest track from ‘Shakuntala Devi’ biopic
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Anandji interview: ‘You need to study all kinds of music to compose for Hindi films’
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‘Dil Bechara’ music review: Lovable and catchy tunes with a ring of pathos
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Playlist picks: Sneha Khanwalkar shares three go-to albums (and what else she’s into these days)
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Song check: The friendzone is real in AR Rahman’s ‘Dil Bechara’ title track
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Viju Shah interview: ‘I wanted to do with electronics what Laxmikant-Pyarelal did with acoustics’
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Pyarelal interview: ‘Music is collaborative’ with no room for ‘I, me, myself’
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‘Gulabo Sitabo’ music review: A first-rate album merges folk-pop with metaphysical themes
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‘Soni De Nakhre’ to ‘Mashallah’: Remember Wajid Khan’s stint as a playback singer
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Audio master: Why you should revisit AR Rahman’s underrated ‘Kabhi Na Kabhi’ soundtrack
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Sonu Nigam’s 1990s hit ‘Achcha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyaar Ka’ will be remixed by B Praak
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‘99 Songs’ music review: This amazing AR Rahman soundtrack is worth the wait
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Song check: Anu Malik sings, Arjun Kapoor lets loose in ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ track
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‘Katiya Karoon’ singer Harshdeep Kaur: ‘Raag-based compositions are disappearing’
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Audio master: Vishal-Shekhar’s ‘Dus’ proves that an action movie can have cool tunes
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Song check: Bhangra hit ‘Nachna Onda Nei’ by Scottish group Tigerstyle reworked for ‘Angrezi Medium’
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Song check: Lebanese pop group Bendaly Family’s ‘Do You Love Me’ reworked for ‘Baaghi 3’
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Song check: In ‘Tim Tim Tim’ from ‘Kaamyaab’, Bappi Lahiri’s ode to the little stars
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Song check: In ‘Ek Zindagi’ from ‘Angrezi Medium’, a hundred dreams to realise in a lifetime
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Song check: ‘Tohfa’ tune retooled as ‘Bhankas’ in ‘Baaghi 3’
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Audio master: ‘Kaminey’ soundtrack brings depth to a film that is all surface
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‘Malang’ composer Mithoon: ‘I don’t think my connect with the listener can be challenged’
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Bappi love: ‘Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re’ proves that the hitmaker has a song for every occasion
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If ‘Ole Ole’ is Saif Ali Khan’s signature song, which one makes you think of Varun Dhawan?
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‘Panipat’ music review: Ordinary tunes richly orchestrated by Ajay-Atul
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Vishal Dadlani interview: ‘Remixes are scavenging of the worst kind’
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Audio master: ‘Jhankaar Beats’ was a sign of what Vishal-Shekhar were to bring to Bollywood music
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‘Laal Kaptaan’ music review: Tune in to ‘Lahu Ka Rang Kara’ and rapper Dino James
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Song check: In ‘Ghungroo’ from ‘War’, a funky duet by Shilpa Rao and Arijit Singh
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‘Chhichhore’ music review: Pass marks for Pritam’s latest effort
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What the Punjabi: Why Hindi film music is full of ‘maahi’, ‘makhna’ and ‘mainu-tenu’
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Punjabi singer Sunanda Sharma has conquered YouTube but ‘the live audience is the one to win over’
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‘Khandaani Shafakhana’: Rochak Kohli is the star of the soundtrack
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Song check: Another Arijit Singh tearjerker in ‘Ki Honda Pyaar’ from ‘Jabariya Jodi’
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‘Super 30’ music review: A tight Ajay-Atul album with one good ballad and a well-done offbeat song
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Song check: First track from ‘Arjun Patiala’ is out, and it’s not a remix
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Song check: Hrithik Roshan’s genius teacher Anand Kumar wants the money in ‘Paisa’ from ‘Super 30’
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‘Kabir Singh’ music review: Likeable ballads in a booster shot of saccharine rock
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Song check: Hrithik Roshan gets lessons in love in ‘Jugraafiya’ from ‘Super 30’
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Song check: Arijit Singh-Mithoon return for tearjerker ‘Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage’ in ‘Kabir Singh’
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Song check: Meezaan announces he is the bomb in ‘Aila Re’ from ‘Malaal’
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What makes Salman Khan’s blockbusters sound larger than life? Ask Julius Packiam
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Song check: Lots on Shahid Kapoor’s mind in ‘Bekhayali’ from ‘Kabir Singh’
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‘Bharat’ music review: Vishal-Shekhar’s soundtrack is near-perfect
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From ‘Khuda Jaane’ to ‘Kalank’ via Coke Studio, Shilpa Rao revisits her playback career
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When the campus is a playground: What Bollywood students are singing about
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Song check: ‘Aithey Aa’ from ‘Bharat’ blends shehnai and dholaks with electronic beats
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Song check: Amit Trivedi’s pensive ‘Akela’ from ‘India’s Most Wanted’ is out
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‘Student Of The Year 2’ music review: Equal parts fun and beautiful
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Playlist picks: YouTube star Jonita Gandhi likes her Lata Mangeshkar as much as her Justin Bieber
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Song check: Vishal-Shekhar’s ‘Slow Motion’ for ‘Bharat’ is an A-1 Salman Khan dance number
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Song check: ‘Mumbai Dilli Di Kudiyaan’ from ‘Student Of The Year 2’ makes for a fun, zany song
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When a song has both male and female versions, who does it better?
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Song check: Arijit Singh and Amaal Mallik team up again for ‘Tu Mila To Haina’ from ‘De De Pyaar De’