Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara by Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar

The Sharara album has several strong tracks, but Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara is the one most listeners come back to first. Laxmikant, Pyarelal sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. For fans of Hema Malini, Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

1984 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara was among the reasons why. Listeners have described the experience of Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

In 7:15 minutes, Babuji Babuji Babuji - Sharara builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.