Aao Mere Paas - Kaun Kaisey by Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman

There is an honesty to Aao Mere Paas - Kaun Kaisey that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Credit goes to R.D. Burman for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. The song is tied to Ranjeeta, Mithun Chakraborty, Deepak Parashar, Anita Raj, whose presence gives Aao Mere Paas - Kaun Kaisey a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

Released in 1983, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The emotional register of Aao Mere Paas - Kaun Kaisey is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

In 5:07 minutes, Aao Mere Paas - Kaun Kaisey builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.