In 2020, Hindi music across films and web series was more interesting than what we heard in previous years. What helped were the lack of bi...
In 2020, Hindi music across films and web series was more interesting than what we heard in previous years. What helped were the lack of big-ticket releases and an increase in clutter-breaking stuff being streamed online. A marked absence of ho-hum hip-hop was a relief.
Honourable mentions that couldn’t find a place in this list of 12 include the perfectly adequate soundtracks of Khuda Haafiz (Mithoon) and Ginny Weds Sunny (multiple artists). Armaan Malik showed off an incredible range through original tunes in English, web series and non-Hindi productions, such as the super-fun Butta Bomma from Ala Vaikunthapurramloo. Anurag Saikia’s work in Thappad, Panchayat, and Mismatched was sweet.
‘Times of Music’
Standing tall above everything else is this MX Player show in which composers and artists across eras and genres rework each other’s material before a live audience. The ambitiousness and grace of some of these performances and the camaraderie between the artists made recreation a not-so-bad word in 2020.
‘What Are The Odds?’ soundtrack
In Indian film music’s world of ghee-soaked saccharine ballads, the temperamental wackiness of the love songs in What Are The Odds? was a welcome break. Sagar Desai’s pop rock felt like it woke up on the wrong side of the bed and decided to wing it through the day with a giant...
