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2014 covered an expansive genre of music with a strong focus on complimenting the respective film’s tone and background rather than opting for safety of conventionalism. Sneha Khanwalker re-defined the rom-com landscape with Khoobsurat while Highway and Queen mapped two very different but unforgettable coming of age journeys with equal parts skill and heart. Read on to find out which albums. Read on as Bollyspice unveils the top 10 albums of 2014.

10. Kill Dil

The soundtrack of Kill Dil was a labour of love from Shaad Ali, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Gulzar. It is clearly apparent from the brilliant mix of tracks delivered. The orchestrations and melodies employed were some of the best ones from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The range of vocal artists ranged from the veterans like Sukwinder Singh to novices like Nihara Joshi making the album all the more enjoyable. Moreover, the expansive genre and brilliant renditions (Arjit Singh – ‘Sajde’, Sunidhi Chauhan and Siddharth Mahadevan...

Bollywood songstress and now newly turned actor recently completed a hat-trick with composer Ar Rahman. She began 2014 on a high note, bagging Kashmir Toursim’s Music icon award for Imtiaz Ali’s Highway for her song ‘Heera’ and now the singer with melodious voice has done two songs for Rahman’s newest release Lekar Hum Deewana Dil.

Shweta sat down and answered our questions about working with maestro on Lhdd and so much more! Check it out!

Tell us about what it is like to work with Ar Rahman.

I’ve learnt everything from Rahman sir. I am thankful that he’s been guiding me and I’ve been traveling the world with him for his concerts. He is like an ocean of talent, there is so much knowledge around. I’ve recorded with him now for Imtiaz Ali’s Highway and Eros’ Lekar Hum Deewana Dil. It’s been...