Diva’s lead star, Ning Baizura croons with a fantastic range in Bintang impianku – marked by the composer’s now-trademark keyboard backgrounds. In contrast, Kasih is a mellow melody punctuated with pleasant backgrounds. Beyond the groovy prelude and rap phrases, Nafas dan hidup settles down to an easy, rhythmic pop structure. Padamkan ragu is the pick of the soundtrack, since its the closest in style to Mithoon’s limited, catchier Indian offerings. Menanti kekasih sounds like a pucca traditional folk piece, with English verses thrown in. Despite the highly alien language, Diva is a fairly unique and musically rich offering by Mithoon.
Keywords: Mithoon Sharma, Atif Aslam, Tere bin, Bas ek pal, DIVA, AC Mizal, Awal Ashaari, Jeremy Thomas, Jessica Iskandar, AF Adam, Ning Baizura, Sharad Sharan, Malaysian film OST
