Naren's indie round-up/ March 2025, Ep 4

BY NARENDRA KUSNUR Hanumankind/ Run It Up Label: SLDM Enterprises/ Universal Rating: ***** After the super-success of 'Big Dawgs', Kerala rapper Hanumankind, producer Kalmi and video director Bijoy Shetty get together on 'Run It Up'. Once again, we have a first-rate video, this time showing various martial arts, Kathakali dancers and energetic drummers. The song has its own charm too, with Hanumankind singing, "Now we go from angry young man to happy and glad, to find a solution for us" and "So run it up, the sun is up". The athletic singer appears in various crowd shots, filmed marvelously. The song has boundless energy that keeps you glued. And those percussion bouts propel you into another zone. One must admit here that it's the video that lifts the song considerably, leading to the optimum star rating. Diyatom Deb/ Repeat Label: Self-released Rating: **** Shillong-bred Delhi-based singer Diyatom Deb has been associated with the groups SkyEy...