1/23/2024 0 Comments Best lyrical songs hindiThe hybrid Hindi/Tamil lyrics are a brilliant move. While Padukone is only a guest, their chemistry together ignites the screen and after a long time, a song becomes even more enjoyable after viewing the video. Having said that, while Deepika Padukone started off the year for us, she also ends the year off for us with another dance number, this one far more embedded in Bollywood tradition and starring her husband, Ranveer Singh. Truth be told, the best upbeat numbers aren’t coming from Bollywood but rather from films originating down south or in the independent music market. The latest of the lot and while I can’t say I saved the best for last, I was worried that the list would only comprise melodious slow to mid-tempo compositions. The remakes then require a far more “desifying” (is that a word?) process than just adding a jhankaar beat to an old Bollywood song (a trend that just doesn’t die!). Bollywood film music has always been inspired by (or directly lifted) from other songs from around the world. The song, picturized on Nora Fatehi and Sidharth Malhotra, was an instant smash as it should have been. Of course it’s not a real remix without remix-vocal mainstay Jubin Nautiyal being a part of it too, with some additional support from Surya Ragunaathan. Unlike most of Bagchi’s covers, this one felt a little more special because the original singer Yohani herself got to be a part of it. ![]() Bollywood remix king Tanishk Bagchi was asked to recompose the version and the lyrics were penned by Rashmi Virag. ![]() Enter Indra Kumar, the director of Thank God, who got Yohani to do a Hindi version for his film. The song became a big hit in the native land during the pandemic, while an official cover by Aleeza Mohammad released just about a year later went viral, leading to the single being dubbed into numerous Indian languages. The original single titled “Manike Mage Hithe” is a Sri Lankan song in the Sinhala language recorded by Yohani and Satheeshan Rathnayaka and produced by Chamath Sangeeth in 2020. “Manike” is the correct way to cover and/or remake a song. But for me, “Kahani” seems to sum up the film well enough. ![]() The album per se is not bad, but it does have a major Barfi hangover and perhaps my judgment inhibits true enjoyment of the other tracks because I’ve not seen the film. In any other film context, I’d be okay with this but at the root of the film Forrest Gump, the music that played at every moment throughout the story added historical and cultural context to every scene, adding to the true immersion of the audience to that story. But sadly, I soon realized that was just single #1 and that the film would include numerous other Pritam compositions and that the soundtrack would be all original. I thought perhaps this might be the album closer, a new recording that would bookmark all the other songs from the eras covered in the film. So, I was pleasantly surprised when before the release we were given the song “Kahani,” a lovely track composed by Pritam, with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and performed by Mohan Kannan. As someone who grew up watching Forrest Gump and still has memories of going to the theater the summer it released and just being blown away, I was a bit hesitant. I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen the Aamir Khan film Laal Singh Chaddha. While Bollywood has dabbled over the years with some forms of EDM (particularly the Sanjay Gupta-helmed films Kaante and Musafir), it’s usually just been an afterthought in the form of ‘remix’ versions that in the early to mid-2000s became the new “jhankaar”. “Doobey” was the highlight of the album, a single that instantly connected with the youth making OAFF, composer-singer Savera and singer-songwriter Lothika Jha immediately in high demand. Savera Mehta and Kabeer Kathpalia a.k.a OAFF pretty much moved from relative indie obscurity to overnight stardom thanks to Bollywood’s full-fledged introduction to atmospheric electronica. The year kicked off with perhaps the most interesting soundtrack in the form of Gehraiyaan. With that said, these were the standouts of 2022 and guess what, they weren’t all by Arijit Singh! “Doobey” – Gehraiyaan This chart exclusively features songs originally from Hindi cinema, so it will not feature dubbed or multi-language film releases. ![]() Most soundtracks failed to live up to a timeless legacy and much like the English music market, Bollywood too is now being mostly driven by singles instead of comprehensive albums. This year has been a mixed bag for film music.
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