Mahmood conquers cinema on two fronts. The song The things left unsaidsoundtrack of the film of the same name by Gabriele Muccinowon the Silver Ribbon 2026 in the category Best Original Songrecognition awarded on the occasion of the 80th edition of the award promoted by Film Journalists. At the same time his song Mashooqa for the Bollywood film Cocktails 2 went viral in India, with over 30 million views on YouTube.
Mahmood wins Silver ribbon For The things left unsaid
The song, released in January for Island Records / Universal Music Italyis the first original single that Mahmood he wrote for the cinema. Produced and directed by Paolo Buonvinoaccompanies the latest film by Gabriele Muccino, The things left unsaidbased on the novel Syracuse Of Delia Ephron and played by Stefano Accorsi, Miriam Leone, Claudio Santamaria, Carolina Crescentini with Beatrice Savignani And Margherita Pantaleo. A Lotus Production production, a Leone Film Group company, with Rai Cinema, distributed theatrically by 01 Distribution.
The Nastro d'argento for Best Original Song confirms the film debut of Mahmood as one of the most successful of the season, capable of building a dialogue between urban writing and film narration.
Mashooqathe Bollywood debut that went viral in India
Since January the musical identity of Mahmood has touched cinema again, this time on the Indian market. The song Mashooqareleased in May for the soundtrack of the Bollywood film Cocktails 2was made together with the Indian composer Pritam and combines Italian pop and Bollywood sounds, with Mahmood who interprets his parts of the song in Italian.
The piece went viral in India: the video clip exceeded 30 million views on YouTube, garnered millions of plays on streaming platforms and brought the artist over 3.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify. An unprecedented result for a contemporary Italian artist in the Indian market.
A double cinematic consecration
The two songs, released a few months apart, tell of a season that for Mahmood it combined critical recognition in Italy and popular impact beyond European borders. On the one hand, an award from the Italian film industry for the song written for Muccinoon the other the entry into Asia's largest recording market with a collaboration signed by one of the most important Bollywood composers.
