Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore by Sajid Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal

Not every song from Rowdy Rathore lingers, but Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore is the one that stays. Sajid Khan, Wajid Khan's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Sajid Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal brings a warmth to Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore that no production choice could manufacture — it has to be felt, and here it is. For fans of Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

Released in 2012, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The emotional register of Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Chandaniya (Lori Lori) - Rowdy Rathore — just 3:52 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.