Category: Music

  • 2013 Bollywood Music Review

    Another eventful year had come to an end and it’s time to take stock of year that was for Hindi film music. We did a similar review last year, if you’re interested. 2013 saw the release of 154 films with 999 songs between them. We lost a number of artists in 2013. Some were young…

  • The Top 100 Bollywood Songs Of 2013

    So here it is finally – the 100 best rated film songs on MySwar in 2013: Piya Milenge (Raanjhanaa) Khushamdeed (Go Goa Gone) Sawar Loon (Lootera) Manjha (Kai Po Che) Shubhaarambh (Kai Po Che) Murshid Khele Holi (D-Day) Ankahee (Lootera) Meethi Boliyan (Kai Po Che) Manmarziyan (Lootera) Zinda (Lootera) Shikayatein (Lootera) Alvida (D-Day) Kabira Encore…

  • What Are Your Most Favorite Non-Film Songs Of 2013?

    A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a post about the best Bollywood songs of 2013. Since then, the top 10 rankings have change significantly. I am not surprised and my guess is it may change some more over the next few weeks. If you haven’t already rated already, please do. Which brings us to…

  • MySwar.Com – अब हिन्दी में

    If you can’t wait to check it out, go right ahead to MySwar.Com in Hindi. If you’re interested in the backstory, carry on. For some time now, we have felt the need to provide a Hindi version of MySwar. For a website about Hindi films songs, that seems kind of obvious. However, we’ve been guilty…

  • What Are Your Favourite Bollywood Songs Of 2013?

    As 2013 draws to a close, it is time to review the best songs that came out this year. Last year’s post of The Top 100 Bollywood Songs Of 2012 is amongst our most popular posts and if you haven’t already seen it you might want to visit it because you’ll likely find some wonderful…

  • Songless Hindi Films

    When we set out to build MySwar as a comprehensive catalog for music from Hindi films, we didn’t pay a lot of attention to films that didn’t have any songs. This became apparent during the discussion on Twitter, that followed when we published this trivia: #TOTD – This was a songless movie. The background score…

  • Custom Playlists On MySwar

    Many of you have asked about being able to create your own playlists and I’m glad to report that we have rolled out custom playlists now on MySwar. Custom playlists works pretty much as you would expect them to – All across the website, you’ll see a + sign against songs, provided a YouTube video…

  • Why Lootera Is A Better Music Album Than Raanjhanaa

    Before I delve into the post, let me state two things: I’d rather not make comparisons but I saw the albums being compared on social media and was disappointed at how dismissive some people were about Lootera – as if it did not even deserve to be compared with Raanjhanaa! I thought it was important…

  • MySwar Updates

    We shipped a few cool updates to MySwar this morning: Flipkart’s digital music service, Flyte, is now available as a purchase option on the MySwar website. At the album level, you will now see iTunes, Flipkart (for audio CD) and Flyte as options and at the song level iTunes and Flyte. This is subject to…

  • Now Available – MySwar App On iOS and Android

    Great news – The MySwar app is now available! Here are the app store links: Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mavrix.myswar iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/app/myswar/id622503117?mt=8 Download, enjoy and share!