Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah by Poornima, Ila Arun

There is an honesty to Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Poornima, Ila Arun, Jatin, Lalit's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The performance by Poornima, Ila Arun is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. For fans of a talented ensemble cast, Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

By the end of 1994, Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is no right time to listen to Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The concision of Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah — just 6:31 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Chu Chu Chu - Cheetah are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.