FC-Ormax Power List of Music 2024: Hesham Abdul Wahab

He may have composed for films before Hridayam, but few recent albums in Kerala have created the kind of widespread impact that Hesham Abdul Wahab did with this Vineeth Sreenivasan film. The song ‘Darshana’ became the stuff of YouTube legends and the music was lauded for the way it was able to herd crowds back into the theatre in the age of “Sunday Lockdowns”. His music killed the debate about the importance of lip sync songs and dream sequences and he brought audio cassettes back into fashion after decades. The composer has only grown in stature turning out to be the hottest new talent of the Telugu film industry.

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