Hindi songs and Bollywood music news
Hindi songs are the biggest single stream of music we cover, and this page gathers all of it in one place. You will find new Bollywood songs and soundtracks, the playback singers fans follow, from Arijit Singh to Shreya Ghoshal, Hindi indie artists building their own audiences, and our Replay series on soundtracks that lasted. Every story here is reported from what artists, labels and organisers have confirmed, and the list grows every morning.
What to listen to this week
Picked only from songs already covered in our stories.
- "Mangal Rang" from Ramayana: A.R. Rahman wedding song for Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, released by T-Series on 25 October. Read the story
- "Jai Jai Ram" from Ramayana: the Hindi album opener, also sung by Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal. Read the story
- "Suniyo Zara" from Suryaa: Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu singing together for the first time in 21 years. Read the story
- "The Everafter" by Darshan Raval: his new EP, built on the single "Sirf Tum". Read the story
- "Saiyaara" by Faheem Abdullah: the song that took him to the top of global streaming charts, now on tour. Read the story
- "Tadap" title track (Replay): the Arijit Singh ballad that outlived its 2021 film. Read the story
Every Hindi story on Tracklist India
Ramayana's 'Mangal Rang': New Rahman Song For Arijit And Shreya
T-Series released the Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal song on Sunday, eleven days before Ramayana Part 1 opens, and it passed 5.6 million views in nine hours.
By Manoj Dey
Udit Narayan And Kumar Sanu Reunite For Suryaa Song 'Suniyo Zara'
Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu sing together for the first time in 21 years on a friendship song for Sunny Deol in Suryaa, with the full track due on Tuesday.
By Manoj Dey
AR Rahman On His Wonderment Tour Set List Before Mumbai And Delhi
AR Rahman says picking songs across Tamil and Hindi is his hardest job as his Wonderment Tour reaches Mumbai on 1 November and Delhi-NCR on 21 November.
By Manoj Dey
Bollywood Music Project Apologises After Shilpa Rao's Set Is Cut Short In Mumbai
The festival's tenth edition at Jio World Garden ran late on Saturday and the organisers blamed curfew rules. Kutle Khan's manager now says it was Khan's set that was interrupted.
By Manoj Dey
Ramayana, Diljit, Sunburn: Seven Indian Music Dates Before 2027
Two ticket windows, a stadium opener, a label's results, two soundtracks and a race course festival make up the Indian music dates confirmed before 2027.
By Vasudevan Shankar
Darshan Raval Releases 'The Everafter', An EP Built On 'Sirf Tum'
The EP came out on Friday, days after his birthday, and picks up the story of his September single 'Naal Naal Ve' with a heartbreak song and a new video.
By Smriti Kalra
Ramayana Album Out In Five Languages, Anirudh And DSP Sing Ravana
T-Series released the Ramayana soundtrack on Wednesday, two weeks before Part 1 opens, with Anirudh singing the Tamil 'Ravana Thandavam' and DSP the Telugu one.
By Manoj Dey
Shah Rukh Khan Curates UNIFYD With Arijit Singh And Karan Aujla
Announced last week, the one-day festival comes to Etihad Live on Yas Island on 20 March 2027, with Sonu Nigam playing a special set among more than 15 acts.
By Manoj Dey
Tips Music Grows Revenue 35% In Q2 But Releases Fewer Film Songs
Tips Music put out 73 songs in the July to September quarter, the same as in Q1, but film tracks fell from 55 to 40 as content costs nearly doubled.
By Vasudevan Shankar
Parth Srivastava Takes 'Kahaniyan' To Mumbai, Delhi And Pune On His First Headline Tour
The Kanpur-born singer, composer and qualified lawyer plays 90-minute sets with a live band in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune between 30 September and 4 November.
By Smriti Kalra
Faheem Abdullah Announces 'The Unbecoming Tour', His First Run Of Shows Across India
After 'Saiyaara' topped global streaming charts, Srinagar singer-songwriter Faheem Abdullah plays six cities in November and December with a stripped-back set.
By Smriti Kalra
'Mirzapur: The Movie' Becomes The First Hindi Film Album Released To Paying Subscribers First
Excel Music put the full soundtrack out on 1 September under Universal Music India's 'Hear It First' scheme, with free listeners waiting their turn.
By Manoj Dey
Yash Raj Films Opens Raah Records To Sign And Develop Independent Artists
Yash Raj Films has launched YRF Raah Records, a label for original, non-film music by independent artists, and Aman's 'Jaadugari' was its first release.
By Vasudevan Shankar
Excel Entertainment Starts Its Own Record Label, With Universal Music As Shareholder
Excel Entertainment's label Excel Music will release its own soundtracks and court outside films, with Universal Music taking a stake and handling distribution.
By Vasudevan Shankar
Arijit Singh Announces Nine-City Stadium Tour To Mark 20 Years In Music
The run starts in Ahmedabad in January and ends in Hyderabad in May 2027. It is his biggest India tour yet, and the first since he walked away from playback.
By Manoj DeySeven Film Music Stories That Shaped October 2026
A tour by a singer who quit playback, a Tamil catalogue deal, a Dharma love song and Shah Rukh Khan's new festival. Here is the month in Bollywood and South Indian film music.
By Vasudevan Shankar
Osho Jain Is Inviting the Whole Country Home With 'Mere Ghar Chalo'
The Hindi indie songwriter behind "Dekha Hi Nahi" has a new single out and a tour running into March 2027, with dates well beyond the metro circuit.
By Smriti Kalra
Replay: 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' And The Nine-Minute Tune That Carried An Album
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's 2003 soundtrack for Kal Ho Naa Ho sold 2.3 million copies, and two decades on the title song still leads and a Roy Orbison rework holds up.
By Manoj Dey
Replay: 'Tadap' And The Arijit Singh Ballad That Outlived Its Film
Tadap, Ahan Shetty and Tara Sutaria's 2021 remake of RX 100, got mixed reviews, but Pritam and Irshad Kamil's songs did better and one still pulls big numbers.
By Smriti Kalra
Replay: 'Ludo' And The Lockdown Album Pritam Wrote From His Kolkata Home
Pritam wrote the songs for Anurag Basu's 2020 film Ludo at home in Kolkata, and while 'Aabaad Barbaad' took the numbers, the quieter tracks hold the craft.
By Manoj Dey
Replay: 'Mohenjo Daro' And A.R. Rahman's Sound For A City Nobody Has Heard
Rahman's soundtrack for the 2016 film Mohenjo Daro has outlived the film, with 'Tu Hai' doing the heavy lifting and the instrumentals the best thing on it.
By Smriti Kalra
Replay: 'Race' And Pritam's Glossy, Borrowed, Unshakeable 2008 Party Album
Pritam's 2008 Race album came with seven originals and nine remixes, and 'Pehli Nazar Mein' is past 270 million Spotify plays as its borrowing still follows it.
By Manoj Dey