Replay
We go back to a Hindi film soundtrack and listen to it again, song by song.
Replay: 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' And The Nine-Minute Tune That Carried An Album
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's first film for Karan Johar's banner sold 2.3 million copies in 2003. Two decades on, the title song still leads the pack, and a Roy Orbison rework has aged better than anyone expected.
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Replay: 'Tadap' And The Arijit Singh Ballad That Outlived Its Film
The 2021 Ahan Shetty and Tara Sutaria remake of the Telugu hit RX 100 got middling reviews. Pritam and Irshad Kamil's songs did better, and one of them is still pulling big numbers.
By Smriti Kalra
Replay: 'Ludo' And The Lockdown Album Pritam Wrote From His Kolkata Home
Anurag Basu's 2020 ensemble film went straight to streaming with four songs and three alternate takes. 'Aabaad Barbaad' ran away with the numbers, but the quieter tracks are where the craft is.
By Manoj Dey
Replay: 'Mohenjo Daro' And A.R. Rahman's Sound For A City Nobody Has Heard
The 2016 film sank, but its soundtrack has quietly found a following. 'Tu Hai' has done the heavy lifting, and the instrumentals turn out to be the best thing on it.
By Smriti Kalra
Replay: 'Race' And Pritam's Glossy, Borrowed, Unshakeable 2008 Party Album
Abbas-Mustan's thriller came with seven originals and nine remixes. Eighteen years on, 'Pehli Nazar Mein' is past 270 million Spotify plays, and the album's habit of borrowing still follows it around.
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