Thus, a very strange year – likely the strangest in most of our lifetimes – is about to come to an end. A year that, at least for me, underlined the value of music – it would have been quite difficult to maintain sanity through the barrage of terrible news that hit us this year, without music. Thankfully there was a fair bit of quality music that came our way as well, this year, despite the few number of movie releases. In fact the reduced number of movies meant a glut of songs in the non-film space, so much so that I have created a separate category this time, to cover music from web series. Onto the lists, then – hopefully due to the lockdown etc you will have enough time to check out these lists at length 🙂 Wish you all a happy and a much more normal 2021!
As usual, I have gone by movie release calendar, and single release date for the indie/indipop list. Also, Music Aloud is now on Spotify as well, so this year the playlists will be available on Apple Music, Youtube and Spotify.
And thanks as always to the awesome @cookydoh for the artwork!
Bollywood
It is incredible that it took a pandemic to improve the musical situation in Bollywood! With the OTT releases etc, there was of course a shift in the whole dynamics, but this was a year of quality over quantity for Hindi music (film and non-film). Most heartening to see was the drop in the remix trend – this could of course be a temporary thing, but one can always hope! Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Pritam and A R Rahman were responsible for a lot of the amazing songs that came out this year, but there was also some great music from other old timers (Sandesh Shandilya, Sachin Jigar etc), debutants (Anshuman Mukherjee, Anuj Garg, Shubham Shirule etc) and the in-betweeners (Amartya Rahut, Ankur Tewari etc). I am a bit gutted about having to leave out one of my favourites from the year, 99 Songs, from the roundup since the movie isn’t out yet. Hoping that I can feature it next year.
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- Aur Tanha (Love Aaj Kal) – Pritam|Irshad Kamil|KK
- Khulke Jeene Ka (Dil Bechara) – A R Rahman|Amitabh Bhattacharya|Arijit Singh, Shashaa Tirupati
- Khulne Do (Chhapaak) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Gulzar|Arijit Singh
- Dil Julaha (Ludo) – Pritam|Swanand Kirkire|Darshan Raval
- Mann Ki Dori (Gunjan Saxena) – Amit Trivedi|Kausar Munir|Armaan Malik
- Khushmizaaj (Darbaan) – Amartya Rahut|Manoj Yadav|Arijit Singh, Amartya Rahut
- Do Ka Chaar (Chaman Bahaar) – Anshuman Mukherjee|Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan|Sonu Nigam
- Re Bawree (Taish) – Govind Vasantha|Hussain Haidry|Prarthana Indrajith, Govind Vasantha
- Mera Naam Kizzie (Dil Bechara) – A R Rahman|Amitabh Bhattacharya|Aditya Narayan, Poorvi Koutish
- Mar Jaayein Hum (Shikara) – Sandesh Shandilya|Irshad Kamil|Shradha Mishra, Papon
- Shayad (Love Aaj Kal) – Pritam|Irshad Kamil|Arijit Singh
- Nayi Dhoop (Unpaused) – Tanishk Bagchi|Rashmi Virag|Zara Khan
- Wahin Hai Raste (Panga) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Javed Akhtar|Mohan Kannan, Asees Kaur
- Do Din Ka Ye Mela Hai (Gulabo Sitabo) – Anuj Garg|Dinesh Pant|Rahul Ram
- Aadhe Aadhe Se (Raat Akeli Hai) – Sneha Khanwalkar|Raj Shekhar|Shilpa Rao, Mika Singh
- Hardum Humdum (Ludo) – Pritam|Sayeed Quadri|Arijit Singh
- Dariyaganj (Jai Mummy Di) – Amartya Rahut|Siddharth Kaushal|Arijit Singh, Dhvani Bhanushali
- Raanjhan (Bhangraa Paa Le) – Shubham Shirule (JAM8)|Mandy Gill|Neeti Mohan, Tushar Joshi
- Ek Tukda Dhoop (Thappad) – Anurag Saikia|Shakeel Azmi|Raghav Chaitanya
- Kahun (Guilty) – Ankur Tewari|Kausar Munir|Divya L
- Taare Ginn (Dil Bechara) – A R Rahman|Amitabh Bhattacharya|Mohit Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal
- Dil Zara (Atkan Chatkan) – Sivamani|Raqeeb Alam|Hariharan, Runa Sivamani
- Paheli (Shakuntala Devi) – Sachin-Jigar|Priya Saraiya|Shreya Ghoshal
- Chuney Chuney (Maska) – Mikey McCleary|IP Singh|Jonita Gandhi
- Tehas Nahas (Khaali Peeli) – Vishal Shekhar|Kumaar|Shekhar Ravjiani, Prakriti Kakar
Honorary Mentions
- Mehrama (Love Aaj Kal) – Pritam|Irshad Kamil|Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra
- Roshni Si (Taish) – Prashant Pillai|Hussain Haidry|Preeti Pillai, Ashwin Gopakumar
- Ghar Bhara (Shikara) – Sandesh Shandilya|Irshad Kamil|Shreya Ghoshal, Papon
- Dil Tera (Indoo Ki Jawani) – Rochak Kohli|Gurpreet Saini, Gautam G Sharma|Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan
- Sikandar (Kaamyaab) – Rachita Arora|Neeraj Pandey|Hariharan
Malayalam
One of the happiest things for me in Malayalam music this year was to see composer Alphonse Joseph make a big return with Anoop Sathyan’s Varane Aavashyamundu (he did do a couple of lower profile films last year) – but the whole covid situation meant that the album did not receive the credit it deserved. The year’s top composers otherwise were Jakes Bejoy – who delivered one of his career-best soundtracks in Ayyappanum Koshiyum, and Prashant Pillai, whose fab work in Saajan Bakery Since 1962 is another favourite I am having to sadly skip in my roundup owing to the movie not having released. There were some promising debutants as well – Rex Vijayan’s brother Jackson Vijayan, Srihari K Nair, Sumesh Somasundar being a few names that found their way into the list.
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- Ariyaathariyaathe (Ayyappanum Koshiyum) – Jakes Bejoy|Rafeeq Ahammed|Kottakkal Madhu
- Vaathukkalu Vellaripraavu (Sufiyum Sujathayum) – M Jayachandran|BK Harinarayanan|Nithya Mammen, Arjun Krishna
- Dooram Theerum Neram (Kappela) – Sushin Shyam|Vinayak Sasikumar|Aavani Malhar
- Thenezhuthave (Varky) – Sumesh Somasundar|Adarsh Venugopalan|KS Harishankar, Sreenanda
- Enthinen Pranayame (Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaaryam) – Sachin Balu|Sarath Vayalar|Mridula Warrier
- Muthunne Kannukalil (Varane Aavashyamundu) – Alphonse Joseph|Shweta Mohan
- Vaathil Chaari (Trance) – Jackson Vijayan|Vinayak Sasikumar|Shaktisree Gopalan, Tony John
- Thelinje Vaanaake (Kilometers and Kilometers) – Sooraj S Kurup|BK Harinarayanan, Sooraj S Kurup, Lakshmi Menon|Sooraj S Kurup, Sithara Krishnakumar, Aditi Nair
- Theeraakkadha (Gauthamante Radham) – Ankit Menon|Vinayak Sasikumar|Ankit Menon, Preetha Madhu Menon, Ashwin Aryan
- Aadyathe Nokkil (Kozhipporu) – Bijibal|Vinayak Sasikumar|Bijibal, Anne Amie
- Kalakkaatha (Ayyappanum Koshiyum) – Jakes Bejoy|Nanjiamma|Nanjiamma
- Peyyum Nilaavu (Maniyarayile Ashokan) – Sreehari K Nair|BK Harinarayanan|KS Harishankar
- Muttathu (Halal Love Story) – Bijibal|Anwar Ali|Soumya Ramakrishnan
- Pulariyil (Varky) – Sumesh Somasundar|Jyothish T Kasi|Akbar Khan, Sithara Krishnakumar
- Minnal Villaal (Paapam Cheyyaathavar Kalleriyatte) – Prashant Pillai|Anu Elizabeth Jose|Sreekanth Hariharan, Preeti Pillai
- Raat (Trance) – Jackson Vijayan|Vinayak Sasikumar, Kamal Karthik|Sneha Khanwalkar, Neha S Nair
- Kannil Vidarum (Kappela) – Sushin Shyam|Vishnu Shobhana|Sooraj Santhosh, Shweta Mohan
- Smaranakal Kadalaayi (Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaaryam) – Sachin Balu|Anwar Ali|Shahabaz Aman, Sithara Krishnakumar
- Kando Kando (Big Brother) – Deepak Dev|Rafeeq Ahammed|Gowri Lekshmi, Amit Trivedi
- Paikkoottangal (Uriyaattu) – Sudharsan|Ramesh Pullappalli|Kalesh Karunakaran
- Kaanuvaan Kothicha (Uriyadi) – Ishaan Dev|Anil Panachooraan|Ishaan Dev
- Unnikrishnan (Varane Aavashyamundu) – Alphonse Joseph|Santhosh Varma, Shelton Pinheiro, Thirumali|Alphonse Joseph, Sherdhin, Shelton Pinheiro, Thirumali
- Uyire (Gauthamante Radham) – Ankit Menon|Vinayak Sasikumar|Sid Sriram
- Penne (2 States) – Jakes Bejoy|Joe Paul|Karthik
- Azhake (Cochin Shaadi @ Chennai 03) – Sunny Viswanath|N Godwin Victor|Delsy Ninan
Honorary Mentions
- Diname Diname (Kilometers and Kilometers) – Sooraj S Kurup|BK Harinarayanan|Mridhul Anil
- Thornnidaathe (Maniyarayile Ashokan) – Sreehari K Nair|Ajeesh Dasan|Sreehari K Nair
- Navaraathri (Varane Aavashyamundu) – Alphonse Joseph|Santhosh Varma, Dr Kritaya|Chithra, Karthik
- Thaalam Poyi (Ayyappanum Koshiyum) – Jakes Bejoy|Rafeeq Ahammed|Sangeetha, Jakes Bejoy
- Naalukaali Payyalla (Kozhipporu) – Bijibal|Vinayak Sasikumar|Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
Tamil
Continuing his fine composing form from last year, G V Prakash Kumar delivered some excellent tracks this year as well in the two movies he featured in. Other composers who had a good year were Govind Vasantha (on his own, and as Thaikkudam Bridge, courtesy the one adapted song in Soorarai Pottru), Santhosh Narayanan, Vishal Chandrasekhar, Girishh Gopalakrishnan, Leon James and singers Sid Sriram and Vijaynarain, both making their composing debut. There was also the rare instance of a multicomposer soundtrack in the Vicky Donor-remake Dharala Prabhu, which turned out to be a wonderful set of songs as well. My favourite song of the year came from Ilaiyaraja though, in Psycho.
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- Unna Nenachu (Psycho) – Ilaiyaraja|Kabilan|Sid Sriram
- Mannava (Vaanam Kottattum) – Sid Sriram|Siva Ananth|Shaktisree Gopalan
- Kaadhal Theevey (Dharala Prabhu) – Sean Roldan|Nixy|Sid Sriram
- Kaattu Payale (Soorarai Pottru) – G V Prakash Kumar|Snehan|Dhee
- Kanna Thoodhu Poda (Putham Pudhu Kaalai) – Govind Vasantha|Karky|Bombay Jayashri
- Vaa Chellam (Pon Magal Vandhaal) – Govind Vasantha|Vivek|Brinda Sivakumar
- Ennada Life Idhu (Oh My Kadavule) – Leon James|Ko Sesha|Santhosh Narayanan
- Desaandhiri (Gypsy) – Santhosh Narayanan|Yugabharathi|Siddharth, Santhosh Narayanan
- Paaren Paaren (Dagaalty) – Vijaynarain|Subu|Vijaynarain
- Paarthene (Mookuthi Amman) – Girishh Gopalakrishnan|Pa. Vijay|Jairam Balasubramanian
- Piriyadha Enna (Pattas) – Vivek-Mervin|Ku. Karthik|Vijay Yesudas, Niranjana
- Rani Theni (Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban) – Adithya-Soorya|S Gnanakaravel|Haricharan
- Veyyon Silli (Soorarai Pottru) – G V Prakash Kumar|Vivek|Harish Sivaramakrishnan
- Nee Mayakkura (Taana) – Vishal Chandrashekhar|Ku. Karthik|Sinduri
- Manamengum (Gypsy) – Santhosh Narayanan|Yugabharathi|Dhee, Ananthu, Haricharan
- Dharala Prabhu (Dharala Prabhu) – Anirudh Ravichander|Vignesh ShivN|Anirudh Ravichander
- Vaasana Poochenda (Seeru) – D Imman|Parvathy|Rajaganapathy
- Naan Unarvodu (Silence) – Gopi Sundar|Karunakaran|Chinmayi
- Thaai (Penguin) – Santhosh Narayanan|Vivek|Anand Aravindakshan, Santhosh Narayanan
- Aigiri Nandini (Mookuthi Amman) – Girissh Gopalakrishnan|Adi Shankaracharya, Pa. Vijay|Aruna Sairam
- Thangam (Paava Kadhaigal) – Justin Prabhakaran|Justin Prabhakaran, Shan Karuppuswamy|Murugavel, JKA. Shalini, Justin Prabhakaran
- Thaanaai (Oru Pakka Kathai) – Govind Vasantha|Karthik Netha|Sean Roldan, Aanandi Joshi
- Kannane (Kanni Raasi) – Vishal Chandrashekhar|Yugabharathi|KS Chithra
- Kannu Thangom (Vaanam Kottattum) – Sid Sriram|Siva Ananth|Sid Sriram, Shakthisree Gopalan
- Jigidi Killadi (Pattas) – Vivek-Mervin|Vivek|Anirudh Ravichander
Honorary Mentions
- Raila Raila (Naadodigal 2) – Justin Prabhakaran|Yugabharathi|Achu Rajamani
- Thani Vazhi (Darbar) – Anirudh Ravichander|Yogi B, Senthuzhan, Syan|Yogi B, Anirudh Ravichander, Shakthisree Gopalan
- Kulfi Kuchchi (Putham Pudhu Kaalai) – G V Prakash Kumar|Kaber Vasuki|G V Prakash Kumar, Bhavani Sre
- Kadhaippoma (Oh My Kadavule) – Leon James|Ko Sesha|Sid Sriram
- Aaliyah Aaliyah (Dagaalty) – Vijaynarain|Karky|Harshitha Krishnan, Gowtham Bharadwaj
Indian Indie/Pop
One of the biggest beneficiaries of the slump that movie industries faced, the indie/indipop playlist is the one I had the most difficulty picking this year. There was a lot of amazing music from across languages, even featuring quite a few big names from the film industry. This list, as always, only covers the music that I managed to catch up on in 2020, there could be a lot of great Indipop music that I have missed out on, so apologies in advance for that.
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- The Mountain King – Dhruv Visvanath
- Nee Maatale (Elay) – Staccato
- Thani Malayalam (The Gypsy Sun) – Sooraj Santhosh
- Naina (In Other Words) – Anhad+Tanner feat. Isheeta Chakravarty
- Age of Limbo – Mali
- Aasai Thathumbucha – Justin Prabhakaran
- Ocean Tide – When Chai Met Toast
- Voice of Voiceless – Vedan
- Baithi Hai (Songs of Trance) – Amit Trivedi, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Sharmishtha Chatterjee
- Akale Viriyum – Sithara Krishnakumar
- G.O.A.T. (G.O.A.T.) – Diljit Dosanjh
- Maaya – Traffic Block
- Muraliya (Bhoomi 2020) – Salim Sulaiman, Shradha Pandit, Shreya Ghoshal
- Chitta – Prabh Deep
- KozhiPunk – Sekhar Menon, K Satchidanandan, Sreenath Bhasi
- Nadodi – Thirumali
- with you/for you (cold/mess) – Prateek Kuhad
- Pani Paali – Neeraj Madhav
- Troubled Times (Give Love) – Soulmate
- Yavum – Rasika Shekhar
- Umeed (Iraada EP) – Vinayak, Apoorva Mudgal, Shashaa Tirupathi
- Tu Mera Nahi – Amaal Mallik, Rashmi Virag
- Tilt – Thermal and a Quarter
- Westlin Winds (Navarasa: Nine Emotions) – Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
- Waada Hai – Arjun Kanungo
- Ekathara – Sithara Krishnakumar
- Njaan Kaalam – Varkey, Sooraj Santhosh
- Moti Veerana (Songs of Faith) – Amit Trivedi
- Dilli Waali Baatcheet (Mr. Nair) – Raftaar
- Jellyfish (The Absence of Laughter) – Jason Zac Band
Web Series
It was great to see a lot of quality music in the web series space, and more importantly, to see them made available on all streaming platforms. And that is why this is a new category in the roundup this time around. Once again there were some big names at play – Anoushka Shankar (A Suitable Boy), Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Bandish Bandits), Pritam (The Forgotten Army)… The playlist is largely made up of Hindi songs, with a smattering of Bengali and Tamil. I have also included a series from 2019, Cheesecake, since I discovered it only this year and the music by Santanu Ghatak (you will remember him from Tumhari Sulu’s Rafu) was too good to pass up.
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- Virah (Bandish Bandits) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Sameer Samant|Shankar Mahadevan
- Tomake Bhalobeshe (Tansener Tanpura) – Joy Sarkar|Srijato|Piu Mukherjee, Jimut Roy
- Dhara Hogi (Bandish Bandits) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Sameer Samant|Shankar Mahadevan
- Aguun Chhoriye (Tansener Tanpura) – Joy Sarkar|Srijato|Pt. Tushar Dutta, Asmita Kar, Arunita Kanjilal
- Gharonda (JL50) – Aseem Trivedi
- Scam 1992 Theme (Scam 1992) – Achint
- Tittar Bittar (Mirzapur) – Anand Bhaskar|Ginny Diwan|Isheeta Chakravarty
- Tu Chala Kahaan (Cheesecake) – Santanu Ghatak|Ronkini Gupta, Nihar Shembekar
- Paheli (Panchayat) – Anurag Saikia|Raghav Chaitanya
- Aise Kyun (Mismatched) – Anurag Saikia|Raj Shekhar|Anurag Saikia, Raghav Chaitanya, Nikhita Gandhi
- Raag Khamaj (A Suitable Boy) – Shujaat Khan
- Sab Theek Ho Jaye Ga (Churails) – Biryani Brothers
- Chanda (The Forgotten Army) – Pritam|Shaan
- Sajan Bin (Bandish Bandits) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Divyanshu Malhotra|Shivam Mahadevan, Jonita Gandhi
- Pambaram (Karikku) – Street Academics
- Safar (Cheesecake) – Santanu Ghatak|Kamakshi Rai
- Shey Je Kon (Tansener Tanpura) – Joy Sarkar|Srijato|Pt. Tushar Dutta, Ashmita Kar
- Mehfil Barkhaast Hui (A Suitable Boy) – Kavita Seth
- Tabdeeli (Mismatched) – Shashwat Singh|Nikhita Gandhi|Nikhita Gandhi
- Pagal Hogaya (Churails) – Janoobi Khargosh
- Garaj Garaj (Bandish Bandits) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Sameer Samant|Farid Hasan, Mohammed Aman
- Mera Watan (The Forgotten Army) – Pritam|Arijit Singh, Tushar Joshi
- Ye Pal (Cheesecake) – Santanu Ghatak|Nihar Shembekar
- Vaaroon (Mirzapur) – Anand Bhaskar|Ginny Diwan|Romy
- Shurey Shurey (Tansener Tanpura) – Joy Sarkar|Srijato|Jimut Roy
- Moner Moto (JL50) – Aseem Trivedi
- Time Enna Boss (Time Enna Boss) – Madley Blues
- A Suitable Boy (A Suitable Boy) – Alex Heffes, Anoushka Shankar
- Hiya Tho (Panchayat) – Anurag Saikia|Shankuraj Konwar
- Churails Title Song (Churails) – Taha Malik|Osman Khalid Butt|Zoe Viccaji
Other Language Films
You will find a dominance of Telugu songs in this list, since I happened to watch a lot of Telugu films during the lockdown period. The usual suspects from the industry mostly had a good year, but the list is obviously topped by Thaman with his blockbuster soundtrack for Alaa Vaikunthapurramuloo. Malayali composers Bijibal and Govind Vasantha had their Telugu debuts with the remakes of Maheshinte Prathikaaram and 96 respectively, and both of them did fabulously, producing songs that clearly drew from the originals but were fresh all the same. There was some exceptional music in Marathi as well, particularly from the man who is fast becoming my favourite composer from the industry – A V Prafullachandra. If you haven’t come across his music, you have got to check them out, particularly for the arrangements – man’s incredibly innovative at it! Also, no ranking in this one; I have just listed the songs by language
Playlist on: Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube
- Butta Bomma (Alaa Vaikunthapurramuloo – Telugu) – S Thaman|Ramajogayya Sastry|Armaan Malik
- Samajavaragamana (Alaa Vaikunthapurramuloo – Telugu) – S Thaman|Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry|Sid Sriram
- Ramuloo Ramulaa (Alaa Vaikunthapurramuloo – Telugu) – S Thaman|Kasarla Shyam|Anurag Kulkarni, Mangli Satyavati
- Praanam (Jaanu – Telugu) – Govind Vasantha|Sri Mani|Chinmayi, Gowtham Bharadwaj
- Life of Ram (Jaanu – Telugu) – Govind Vasantha|Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry|Pradeep Kumar
- Raletti (World Famous Lover – Telugu) – Gopi Sunder|Sreshta|Divya S Menon
- Ventaade Gaayam (HIT – Telugu) – Vivek Sagar|Krishna Kanth|Mohana Bhogaraju
- Ningi Chutte (Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya – Telugu) – Bijibal|Viswa|Vijay Yesudas
- Nuvvemo (Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya – Telugu) – Bijibal|Rehman|Kaala Bhairava, Sithara Krishnakumar
- Repavalu (Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya – Telugu) – Bijibal|Rehman, Raghukul Mokirala|Bijibal, Sangeetha Srikanth
- The Guntur Song (Middle Class Melodies – Telugu) – Sweekar Agasthi|Kittu Vissapragada|Anurag Kulkarni
- Keelu Gurram (Middle Class Melodies – Telugu) – Sweekar Agasthi|Sanapati Bharadwaj Patrudu|Anurag Kulkarni, Sweekar Agasthi, Ramya Behara
- Manchido Cheddadho (Middle Class Melodies – Telugu) – Sweekar Agasthi|Sanapati Bharadwaj Patrudu|Vijay Yesudas
- Whattey Beauty (Bheeshma – Telugu) – Mahati Swati Sagar|Kasarla Shyam|Dhanunjay , Amala Chebolu
- Sara Sari (Bheeshma – Telugu) – Mahati Swati Sagar|Sri Mani|Anurag Kulkarni
- Tharagathi Gadhi (Colour Photo – Telugu) – Kaala Bhairava|Kittu Vissapragada|Kaala Bhairava
- Venakane Unna (Choosi Choodangaane – Telugu) – Gopi Sunder|Ananth Sriram|Chinmayi
- Manasu Maree (V – Telugu) – Amit Trivedi|Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry|Amit Trivedi, Shashaa Tirupati & Yazin Nizar
- Rujala (Kesari – Marathi) – AV Prafullachandra|Kshitij Patwardhan|Manish Rajgire
- He Assa Pahila (Kesari – Marathi) – AV Prafullachandra|Sanjay Sathe|Jaydeep Vaidya & Rucha Bondre
- Jalmachi Vaari (Dhurala – Marathi) – AV Prafullachandra|Kshitij Patwardhan|Manish Rajgire, Sahil Kulkarni & AV Prafullachandra
- Kaakana Kinkin (Dhurala – Marathi) – AV Prafullachandra|Kshitij Patwardhan|Aanandi Joshi, Abhay Jodhpurkar
- Kode Sope Thode (Girlfriend – Marathi) – Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj|Kshitij Patwardhan|Shruti Athavale
- Soul of Dia (Dia – Kannada) – B Ajaneesh Loknath|Dhananjay Ranjan|Chinmayi, Sanjith Hegde
- Narayana Narayana (Avane Srimannarayana – Kannada) – Charan Raj|Nagarjun Sharma|Anurag Kulkarni, Ananya Bhat
- Maadeva (Popcorn Monkey Tiger – Kannada) – Charan Raj|Ritwik Kaikini, HanuManKind|Sanjith Hegde, HanuManKind, Charan Raj
- Arare Shuruvaayitu (Gentleman – Kannada) – B Ajaneesh Loknath|Jayanth Kaikini|Vijay Prakash
- Aparichita (Shivaji Surathkal – Kannada) – Judah Sandhy|Jayanth Kaikini|Shreya Sundar Iyer
- Loka Mayabazaru (Mayabazar 2016 – Kannada) – Midhun Mukundan|Yogaraj Bhat|S P Balasubramanyam
- Koneyilla Madalilla (Mayabazar 2016 – Kannada) – Midhun Mukundan|Pavan KB|Nithin Rajaram Shastry
