Desi Romance - Shaadi Ke Side Effects by Pritam, Suchitra, Arijit Singh

Desi Romance - Shaadi Ke Side Effects works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. The music, composed by Pritam, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

The vocal on Desi Romance - Shaadi Ke Side Effects is among the better performances Pritam, Suchitra, Arijit Singh has committed to record. Farhan Akhtar, Vidya Balan, Vir Das, Ram Kapoor, Gautami Kapoor gave the film its soul, and Desi Romance - Shaadi Ke Side Effects is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

The song dates from 2014, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Desi Romance - Shaadi Ke Side Effects is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The 3:58 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.