Buri Nazarwale - Mard by Anu Malik, Shabbir Kumar

Buri Nazarwale - Mard is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Anu Malik has a history of strong work, and the music on Buri Nazarwale - Mard is among the most memorable of it.

The performance by Anu Malik, Shabbir Kumar is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Hearing Buri Nazarwale - Mard without thinking of Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Dara Singh, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan, Nirupa Roy, Gulshan Grover, Mithun Chakraborty, Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Mard.

1985 marked the release of Mard, and Buri Nazarwale - Mard was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is no right time to listen to Buri Nazarwale - Mard. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The 6:26 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.