Rating – 6
Music Director – Sandesh Shandilya, Abhay Sopori, Rohit Kulkarni
Lyrics – Irshad Kamil, Bashir Arif, Raqueeb Alam
Film Director – Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Film Release – 7 February 2020
The soundtrack for Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s historical romance drama Shikara (2020) stands as a profoundly poignant, soul-stirring musical tribute to the valley of Kashmir. Eschewing standard commercial formulas, primary composer Sandesh Shandilya creates a lush, deeply empathetic acoustic canvas heavily enriched by Irshad Kamil’s evocative lyricism. The 8-track album captures a heartbreaking dichotomy of love and displacement, highlighted by Papon’s brooding, melancholic delivery on “Ae Wadi Shehzadi” and the expansive, classical elegance of “Teri Arzoo Mein” featuring Kaushiki Chakraborty. Shreya Ghoshal and Papon lend an ethereal, retro-infused tenderness to the domestic bliss of “Ghar Bhara Sa Lage”, while the delicate, dreamy flows of “Mar Jaayein Hum” serve as the soundtrack’s emotional centerpiece. Complemented beautifully by Santoor maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori’s traditional, Kashmiri-flavored composition “Shukrana Gul Khile,” the album transcends a standard movie score to become a hauntingly beautiful sonic poem about memory, homeland, and enduring love.
| Songs | Singers | Music Director | Lyricist | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Mar Jaayein Hum” | Papon, Shradha Mishra | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil | 7 |
| “Ghar Bhara Sa Lage” | Shreya Ghoshal, Papon | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil | 7 |
| “Shukrana Gul Khile” | Munir Ahmad Mir | Abhay Sopori | Bashir Arif | 6 |
| “Ae Wadi Shehzadi” | Papon | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil | 5 |
| “Teri Arzoo Mein” | Papon, Kaushiki Chakraborty | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil | 6 |
| “Chattar Pattar” | Mika Singh | Rohit Kulkarni | Raqueeb Alam | 5 |
| “Umri Guzri” | Aadil Khan | Sandesh Shandilya | Irshad Kamil | 5 |
