Khalbali Records

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Khalbali Records
Khalbali Records.jpg
Promotional release poster
Genre Musical
Drama
Directed byDevanshu Singh
Starring
Composer Amit Trivedi
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes8
Production
CinematographyArchit Patel
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time29-45 mins
Production companyColosceum Media
Original release
Network JioCinema
Release12 September 2024 (2024-09-12)

Khalbali Records is an Indian Hindi-language musical drama television series directed by Devanshu Singh. Produced by Colosceum Media, it stars Ram Kapoor, Saloni Khanna, Saloni Batra, Skand Thakur and Prabh Deep. [1] The series premiered on JioCinema on 12 September, 2024. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

The series was announced by Colosceum Media. [4] The principal photography of the series was wrapped in 2022. [5] The series teaser was released on 27 August 2024, [6] followed by the trailer on 2 September 2024. [7]

Soundtrack

Khalbali Records
Soundtrack album by
Amit Trivedi and Azadi Records
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2024 (2024-09-05) [8]
Genre Soundtrack
Length67:00
LanguageHindi
Label Viacom 18 Media Private Limited

The music for Khalbali Records is composed by Amit Trivedi and Azadi Records. [9]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Tham Ja" Prabh Deep 05:12
2."Fatafat Naam"EPR03:45
3."Naam Ninja"Yungsta04:10
4."Tu Hi Tu"Sanjana Devarajan, Piyush Kapoor04:30
5."Astitva"EPR03:50
6."Call Centre"EPR04:00
7."Majbur Mazdur"Prabh Deep03:55
8."Lal Sawaari"Yungsta04:05
9."Supernova"Sumedha Sharma04:20
10."Soche Ki Bandeyaa"Shehnaz Akhtar, EPR04:15
11."Rap Battle - Tashan Vs Ninja"Yungsta, Piyush Kapoor04:25
12."Pyaar Besharam - Male"Shahid Mallya04:10
13."Pyaar Besharam - Female"Lisa Mishra04:05
14."Cypher I"Prabh Deep, Smoke, Agsy04:00
15."Cypher II"Agsy, Huzur04:10
16."Barf Ko Aag Lagi Thi Us Roz - Poem"Ahmer03:55
17."Reaching For The Sun"Pratika04:00
18."Bolo Na"Himani Kapoor, Ahmer04:05
19."Purani Dilli"Yungsta04:10
20."Dhoondh Le"Ahmer04:00
Total length:67:00

Reception

Vinamra Mathur of Firstpost awarded the series 2+12 out of five stars. [10] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the series 3/5 stars. [11] Troy Ribeiro of The Free Press Journal rated the series three-and-a-half out of five stars. [12]

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