music composer

Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022): Dancing to His Own Tune

Kaveree Bamzai

He composed memorable songs in forgettable movies but the remix revolution has kept his music alive

Music: Put a Label on It

Independent music companies are putting the artist first and the moolah second to get musicians and listeners a better deal

Voice of Irreverence

Shaikh Ayaz

The young and restless music composer Sneha Khanwalkar has had a distaste for ‘honey sweet’ musical voices since her childhood. The results are on young Indian lips today

Sixty Years of Baiju Bawra

Shaikh Ayaz

How an unassuming film, with a small star cast and not-yet-famous music composer, became the mother of all musicals and a precursor to Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar