Balam Bada Jhootha - Farishta by Asha Bhosle

Balam Bada Jhootha - Farishta is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Asha Bhosle, O. P. Nayyar built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Balam Bada Jhootha - Farishta, Asha Bhosle clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Balam Bada Jhootha - Farishta, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 1958, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Balam Bada Jhootha - Farishta. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 3:36, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.