Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli by Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula, Siddharth Mahadevan, Gulzar

Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula, Siddharth Mahadevan, Gulzar has delivered memorable performances before, but Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli sits comfortably among the very best. Credit goes to Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula, Siddharth Mahadevan, Gulzar inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Kiran Juneja, Liliput, Prem Chopra, Puneet Issar, Raj Babbar, Rajesh Vivek, Rameshwari, Ranjeet, Ravi Baswani, Sanjay Mishra, Tania Zaetta, Virendra Saxena, Yunus Parvez, Pratima Kazmi gave the film its soul, and Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

2005 marked the release of Bunty Aur Babli, and Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Some music is background. Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The concision of Bunty Aur Babli - Bunty Aur Babli — just 5:42 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.