Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko by Band Of Boys, Vikesh Mehta

Band Of Boys, Vikesh Mehta has delivered memorable performances before, but Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko sits comfortably among the very best. Behind the melody is the work of Band Of Boys, Vikesh Mehta, whose composition choices give Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko its distinctive texture.

Band Of Boys, Vikesh Mehta understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. The chemistry of Karan B Oberoi, Sudhanshu Pandey, Chaithanya Bhosle, Sherin Varghese, Siddharth Haldipur, Dharmendra, Mallika Sherawat, Karan, Chin2 Bhosle, Bhumika Puri, Aparna Kumar, Ali Khan, Raj Zutshi is embedded in every moment of Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 2004, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The concision of Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko — just 4:12 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Years from now, Dhun Tunak Dhun - Kiss Kis Ko will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.