Ms. Marvel Episode 2: From Ritviz, Riz Ahmed to ‘Jalebi Baby’ by Tesher, 7 songs from the South Asian artists to listen

By Monica Yadav -

June 17, 2022 - 11:10 AM IST

Over a week ago, Kamala Khan made her arrival in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first teen Muslim-American superhero Kamala Khan, played by Iman Vellani, looks up to the superheroes especially Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). She is your regular 16-year-old high school girl living in the busy city of Jersey who has overprotective Pakistani parents Muneeba (Zenobia Shroff), a fun Abu/dad Yusuf (Mohan Kapur), and a brother Aamir (Saagar Shaikh), best friends Bruno (Matt Lintz) and Nakia (Yasmeen Fletcher), who idolises superheroes and has regular teen issues. Amid this, she finds herself unique - or one could say there's something cosmic about her. As the second episode arrived on Wednesday on Disney+ Hotstar, the soundtrack caught everyone's attention.

Ms. Marvel Episode 2: From Ritviz, Riz Ahmed to ‘Jalebi Baby’ by Tesher, 7 songs from the South Asian artists to listen

While first episode featured several South Asian artists, the second episode soundtrack had 'Jalebi Baby' by Tesher, 'Sage' by Ritviz, 'Peechay Hutt' by Hassan Raheem, Justin Bibis, and Talal Qureshi, 'Anthem' by Swet Shop Boys (Heems and Riz Ahmed) among others. Check out the 7 South Asian artists featured in the episode.

GODDESS — RAJA KUMARI ALONG WITH KREWELLA, NERVO

ANTHEM — SWET SHOP BOYS [HEEMS & RIZ AHMED]

SAGE — RITVIZ

PEECHAY HUTT — HASSAN RAHEEM, JUSTIN BIBIS, TALAL QURESHI

JALEBI BABY — TESHER

AYE KHUDA — ASLAM AFZAL, FARHAD B, VIMAL K & ATIF AFZAL

HUSAN — HUSAN & BHANGRA KNIGHTS

The episode also features songs including 'Feel So Good' by Mase, 'Come Around' by Timbaland and M.I.A., 'Keep on Movin' by B. Stew, 'Attitude' — PayAttention, and 'Be My Baby' — The Ronettes.

Created by Bisha K. Ali, the Disney+ miniseries will introduce us to Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Muslim Pakistani-American from Jersey City fascinated by the Avengers, who looks up to Captain Marvel in particular, as she becomes imbued with shape-shifting powers.

As created by G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat, Stephen Wacker, and Adrian Alphona in the comics, Kamala has a relatively unique set of superpowers. While Kamala Khan's powers in the comics consist of stretching, shrinking and growing, the trailer shows the new hero shooting purple cosmic energy beams, forming shields, manifesting a giant fist in a nod to her comic book counterpart and the kind of midair stepping stones previously seen in Doctor Strange films.

The actor-musician will be a part of the series which introduces Iman Vellani and also includes names like Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Fawad Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Travina Springer and Nimra Bucha.