Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible by Rishika Sawant, Salim, Sulaiman, Anvita Dutt Guptan

Released as part of Pyaar Impossible, Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Salim, Sulaiman sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

Rishika Sawant, Salim, Sulaiman, Anvita Dutt Guptan inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra gave the film its soul, and Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

By the end of 2010, Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Listeners have described the experience of Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The concision of Ek Thi Ladki - Pyaar Impossible — just 4:35 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.