Music
Looking ahead 2016: Hop, skip and play
Chicken soup won’t heal your soul, music will. Vijayeta Basu picks five gigs that’ll make you jive.
A carefree tune that thrills
When Neeraj Pandey and Bhushan Kumar approached Meet Bros and Anjjan for a song which would musically reflect the theme of their
Love’s labour lost
What happens when three young men are taken for a ride by a pretty con woman? They sigh, “O din bhar tere peeche daudon,
Sound of silence
When Mukesh Bhatt called Jeet Ganguly to his office he was expecting the filmmaker to sketch a song situation for him.
Sensual, soulful, sinful…Bips and Karan hit the right notes
Ankit Tiwari was working on the Singham Returns track, Kuch to hua hai, when he was approached by Kumar Mangat
Varun's suicidal song about pain and aggression
Charting the journey of a chartbuster, one note at a time till it strikes the right chord.
Superman and Salman come together for Arjun
The idea for the Tevar chartbuster came with the hook line Main to Superman, Salman ka fan which was composer Sajid Ali’s
Elvis 'worms' his way into a Bollywood track
Tumse milne ka keeda andar hai, Dating kar le tu, open calendar hai Som, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Ravi...Aaja meri
What started in the studio ended at a party
He is a qualified doctor but has quit medicine for music. “I believe in alternative therapy that comes from the heart and soul,”
Praying for a muse…
Rang Rasiya is Ketan Mehta’s biopic on Raja Ravi Varma, the celebrated 19th century Indian painter known for his depiction
Fiery tune of love
One day, Vishal (Dadlani) and I were jamming at his place, when this beautiful tune just came along,” says Shekhar Ravjiani
It’s all in the gaze
The idea was to create a desi dance track that reflected the nexus between politics and Bollywood and is a significant turning
Musical Mousetrap
Vishal Bhardwaj admits that Bismil, the climactic song of his upcoming film, Haider, took him months to compose because
Swede sound of music
Rising from the ashes of Swedish House Mafia, EDM’s prodigal sons — Axwell and Ingrosso — return.
Caught in the loop…
The publicity campaign of the upcoming Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif starrer, Bang Bang, kicked off, not with its title track
Gunning for the ’80s
The tagline of Tamanchey is Pyar Mein Dil Pe Maar De Goli. So, it didn’t come as a surprise when the makers decided to buy
When Priyanka sang a lullaby…
Shashi Suman came to Mumbai dreaming of becoming a singer. In 2008, he took part in the music reality contest show, Sa
Colours from another era
Five years ago, when Ketan Mehta approached Sandesh Shandaliya with the script of Rang Rasiya, the inspired music director
When love scores over horror
It is surprising that this romantic ballad which starts out as a search for love and ends with the promise to leave oneself behind
The Indo-French connection
Mathias Duplessy is a French composer and performing artist who plays everything from the guitar and the banjo to the
Tere Hoke: Lovestruck
Charting the journey of a chartbuster, one note at a time till it strikes the right chord.
Muskurane ki: Eternal melody at midnight
After Hansal Mehta had finished shooting Citylights, producer Mukesh Bhatt approached Jeet Gannguli to come up
Johnny, Johnny: From kindergarten to pool party
A party song inspired by a nursery rhyme? It happens only in Bollywood! Composer duo Sachin-Jigar reason that
Samjhawan: Twice over, without Rahat
Sachin-Jigar had already recorded three songs for the upcoming Varun Dhawan-Alia Bhatt starrer Humpty Sharma Ki
