The music for Prime Video’s upcoming young-adult series Big Girls Don’t Cry was released by the makers on Monday. The series is created by Nitya Mehra and co-directed by her, along with Sudhanshu Saria, Karan Kapadia, and Kopal Naithani.
The multi-composer album features songs written by Amit Trivedi, Mali, Sanjith Hegde, Hanita Bhambri, Mali, Aneet Padda, Anubha Kaul, and Tarana Marwah; with vocals by singers like Anvita Dutt, Shashwat Sachdev, Hussain Haidry, Priyanka Handa, Aneet Padda, Ankur Tewari, Siddhant Kaushal and Tarana Marwah.
“The most fun part of filmmaking for me is creating the music,” said Nitya. “I was very keen for this young adult show to have an album, and it's turned out to be so diverse. I was so lucky to have Rahul Pais and Maalavika as our music supervisors, and Rahul did our background score. From Amit Trivedi to Komorebi to Kanishk, Shashwat, and Rahul, I think it is very much one of a kind.”
The songs in the album are listed below:
Big Girls Don’t Cry (Title Track) - Composer: Amit Trivedi; lyricist: Anvita Dutt; singers: Amit Trivedi and Mali
Pehli Sharam - Composer and lyricist: Shashwat Sachdev; singer: Sanjith Hegde
Ekla Chalo - Composer: Kanishk Seth; lyricist: Hussain Haidry; singer: Hanita Bhambri
Parinda - Composers: Rahul Pais and Nariman Khambata; lyricist: Priyanka Handa; singer: Mali
Masoom - Composer, lyricist, and singer: Aneet Padda
Ye Sama - Composer and singer: Tarana Marwah; lyricist: Ankur Tewari
Bhool Jaa - Composer: Rahul Pais and Nariman Khambata; lyricist: Siddhant Kaushal; singer: Anubha Kaul
Start a Fire - Composer: Guarav Raina; singer and lyricist: Tarana Marwah
The series features a predominantly women-led cast including Avantika Vandanapu (as Ludo), Aneet Padda (Roohi), Dalai (Pluggy), Vidushi (Kavya), Lhakyila (JC), Afrah Sayed (Noor), and Akshita Sood (Dia) in the lead, along with Pooja Bhatt, Raima Sen, Zoya Hussain, and Mukul Chadda in pivotal roles.
The series premieres on Prime Video on March 14.