2023 was the year of earworms. Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, ...

‘Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rain has the power to hypnotize.’ Haruki Murakami ...

Composer MM Keeravaani (right) and lyricist Chandrabose of RRR's Naatu Naatu who won the Oscars 2023 on March 12 for Best Original Song. Keeravaani's best compositions, though, are in the past. And ...

A popular south number, ‘Naatu Naatu’ from director SS Rajamouli's film ‘RRR’ has been awarded the prestigious Golden Globe Award. However, this is not the first time that an Indian song has gained ...

Last week saw the release of Aami, the biopic of celebrated author Kamala Das (aka Madhavikutty, Kamala Suraiyya). The Malayalam movie itself may not have garnered great reviews, but does boast an ...

Few playback voices in Hindi cinema have conveyed ‘dard’ as evocatively as Mukesh. I use the Hindustani word, and not pain, consciously. Because ‘pain’ does not quite carry the same connotation that ...