शिव शंकर

Shiv Shankar is a powerful devotional-classical track from the Baramulla (2025) soundtrack — a Shiv Stuti (prayer to Lord Shiva) composed by Shor Police and performed by Subhadeep Das Chowdhury and Pandit Prem Nath Shastri, a classical vocalist, with lyrics by Siddhant Kaushal. Running 4:35 minutes, the song was released as a standalone single before the main OST EP. In the context of a supernatural horror film set in Kashmir, the Shiv Stuti functions as a devotional counterforce to the film's paranormal elements — the ancient power of bhakti invoked against the contemporary horrors of militancy and spiritual unrest.

Shor Police's composition for Shiv Shankar grounds the song in classical Indian vocal tradition by pairing an electronic-atmospheric production layer with Pandit Prem Nath Shastri's classical vocal presence. The 4:35-minute duration allows the raga-inflected melody and devotional text to develop fully. The use of rabab — a traditional Kashmiri instrument — in the arrangement tethers the devotional song to its geographic setting.

Siddhant Kaushal's devotional lyric for Shiv Shankar employs the traditional vocabulary of Shiva praise — naming and invoking the god's qualities and epithets. In the context of Baramulla, a film about paranormal forces in Kashmir, the Shiv Stuti functions as a narrative device: devotion as protection against spiritual danger.

Shiv Shankar is part of the Baramulla (2025) soundtrack by Shor Police — the composer-vocalist duo of Clinton Cerejo and Bianca Gomes — with lyrics by Siddhant Kaushal. The film, a Netflix supernatural thriller about a DSP investigating child disappearances in Baramulla, Kashmir, released on 7 November 2025. The music was released on Zee Music Company ahead of the Netflix premiere.

Shiv Shankar belongs to the tradition of thoughtful film music that uses folk and classical Indian musical resources in service of atmospheric storytelling. Shor Police's reputation for sophisticated sonic world-building gives the Baramulla soundtrack a quality marker that ensures attention from listeners who follow serious film music.