Dua - Kurbaan by Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D'Cruz, Aiman

Dua - Kurbaan arrived from the Kurbaan album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2009. Behind the melody is the work of Salim, Sulaiman, whose composition choices give Dua - Kurbaan its distinctive texture.

Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D'Cruz, Aiman's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Dia Mirza, Om Puri, Vivek Oberoi, Kirron Kher are at the heart of Kurbaan, and Dua - Kurbaan captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

2009 marked the release of Kurbaan, and Dua - Kurbaan was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is a quality to Dua - Kurbaan that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

The 4:59 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The staying power of Dua - Kurbaan is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.