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Category: Bollywood
How the gaana tag overshadowed Deva’s melodic genius
When Deva began popularising gaana songs in his films during the early 2000s, that genre became his singular identity, completely defining his legacy in the public eye. | Photo Credit:…
Max Richter in India: On the melancholia of ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ and the art of making audiences weep
What do Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, Jennifer Peedom’s Sherpa, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, HBO’s The Last of Us, and most recently, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet have in common?…
The dialectics of Night City: How ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ anticipated our hypercapitalist dystopia
Good Morning, Night City! It has been a few years since Cyberpunk: Edgerunners clinched Anime of the Year, over half a decade since CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 rehabilitated itself…
The gift of elegance in ‘Thenisai Thendral’ Deva’s music
If there were an aural equivalent of elegant, highly readable prose, it would be Deva’s music. At once accessible and appealing, his music has the ability not merely to please…
Why India is falling for C-dramas
Move over, McKinsey & Company. Maxmise is here to take over — at least in the world of online streaming. Maxmise is a fictitious consulting firm where Xu Chi (played…
Revisiting Vijay’s ‘Kushi’: How Deva composed this superhit album
Music by Deva was one of the highlights of the Tamil superhit ‘Kushi’, starring Vijay and Jyotika. Back in the summer of 2000, during the turn of the century, Tamil…
Deva (1950-2026) | In pictures
Tamil film composer Deva, known for popularising gaana music in mainstream cinema, passed away on Saturday (October 17, 2026), aged 75. His compositions and background scores for Rajinikanth-starrers such as…