Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue by A.R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay Prakash

There is an honesty to Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. The arrangement here is the work of A.R. Rahman, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

The voice of A.R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay Prakash carries Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. On screen, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta, Kylie Minogue, R.D. Burman, Kabir Bedi bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2009 marked the release of Blue, and Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Some music is background. Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

Running to 5:25, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Fiqrana Ho Ke - Blue has earned its place in the catalogue of Hindi music that genuinely matters. The listeners who found it early already knew.