Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein by Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik

Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Credit goes to Rajesh Roshan for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein, Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Ek Daku Saher Mein.

By the end of 1985, Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is no right time to listen to Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 7:25, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Years from now, Humnasha Aey - Ek Daku Saher Mein will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.