Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein by Lata Mangeshkar

Some songs are made for a single moment. Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein is made for all of them. Shankar, Jaikishan has a history of strong work, and the music on Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein, Lata Mangeshkar clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by Rakesh Roshan, Rakhee Gulzar in Aankhon Aankhon Mein finds its musical expression here — Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein is where the film's heart beats loudest.

1972 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein was among the reasons why. There is no right time to listen to Gaya Bachpan Jo Aai Jawani - Aankhon Aankhon Mein. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 4:24, 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.