Aashiq Surrender Hua - Badrinath Ki Dulhania by Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal

Few songs from 2017 have held their ground as well as Aashiq Surrender Hua - Badrinath Ki Dulhania, a track that keeps finding new audiences. The arrangement here is the work of Amaal Mallik, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. Hearing Aashiq Surrender Hua - Badrinath Ki Dulhania without thinking of Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Badrinath Ki Dulhania.

By the end of 2017, Aashiq Surrender Hua - Badrinath Ki Dulhania had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

Running to 4:10, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The track stands as evidence that Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal and Amaal Mallik, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.