Dilli Ki Dukan by MD, KD DESIROCK, Rajesh Singhpuriya, Janu Rakhi, Sheenam Katholic, Vijay Verma, Ramkesh Jiwanpur Wala, Iqbal Chandana, Anil Rajput, Ramesh Raj

There is an honesty to Dilli Ki Dukan that separates it from most Haryanvi songs released around the same time. Max Studio sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Dilli Ki Dukan, MD, KD DESIROCK, Rajesh Singhpuriya, Janu Rakhi, Sheenam Katholic, Vijay Verma, Ramkesh Jiwanpur Wala, Iqbal Chandana, Anil Rajput, Ramesh Raj clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Dilli Ki Dukan without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Loose Character.

Released in 2020, it arrived at a time when Haryanvi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The emotional register of Dilli Ki Dukan is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

Running to 3:14, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The song continues to find new listeners, which is the surest sign that it was made with something genuine at its core.