Darbadar - Citylights by Jeet Gannguli, Neeti Mohan

Darbadar - Citylights arrived from the Citylights album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2014. Jeet Gannguli has a history of strong work, and the music on Darbadar - Citylights is among the most memorable of it.

Jeet Gannguli, Neeti Mohan's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The song is tied to Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha, whose presence gives Darbadar - Citylights a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

2014 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Darbadar - Citylights was among the reasons why. It fits the playlist for almost any occasion, which is rare — most songs have a narrow emotional window. This one does not.

In 4:22 minutes, Darbadar - Citylights builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.