Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar - Super Star by Ustad Sultan Khan, Rekha Bhardwaj

The Super Star album has several strong tracks, but Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar - Super Star is the one most listeners come back to first. Shamir Tandon sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

Ustad Sultan Khan, Rekha Bhardwaj's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar - Super Star, making it as much a performance as a song.

In 2008, Hindi produced many songs, but Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar - Super Star was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. Listeners have described the experience of Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar - Super Star differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 8:05, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.