Dum Dum - Band Baaja Baaraat by Himani Kapoor, Benny Dayal, Salim, Sulaiman, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Himani Kapoor, Benny Dayal, Salim, Sulaiman, Amitabh Bhattacharya has delivered memorable performances before, but Dum Dum - Band Baaja Baaraat sits comfortably among the very best. Salim, Sulaiman sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

Himani Kapoor, Benny Dayal, Salim, Sulaiman, Amitabh Bhattacharya delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. The chemistry of Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh is embedded in every moment of Dum Dum - Band Baaja Baaraat, making it as much a performance as a song.

The song dates from 2010, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Some music is background. Dum Dum - Band Baaja Baaraat demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

Running to 5:11, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.