Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi by Alia Bhatt, Ilaiyaraaja, Amit Trivedi

Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi arrived from the Dear Zindagi album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2016. The production by Ilaiyaraaja, Amit Trivedi is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi, Alia Bhatt, Ilaiyaraaja, Amit Trivedi clearly belongs in the second group. Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan are at the heart of Dear Zindagi, and Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

In 2016, Hindi produced many songs, but Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. Listeners have described the experience of Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 3:05 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. Songs like Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le (Take, 2) - Dear Zindagi are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.