Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan by Anand, Milind, Suresh Wadkar

There is an honesty to Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Anand, Milind built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

The performance by Anand, Milind, Suresh Wadkar is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Yashpal Sharma, Raghubir Yadav, Raj Tandon, Anya Anand, Manjusha Godse, Kishor Nadalskar, Nitin Kerur, Aditya Sidhu, Gulshan Pandey gave the film its soul, and Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

2012 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan was among the reasons why. Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The concision of Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan — just 6:54 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. The staying power of Aari Aari - Yeh Khula Aasmaan is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.