Insaaf - Talvar by Arooj Aftab, Vishal Bhardwaj

Insaaf - Talvar arrived from the Talvar album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2015. Vishal Bhardwaj has a history of strong work, and the music on Insaaf - Talvar is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Insaaf - Talvar, Arooj Aftab, Vishal Bhardwaj clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Insaaf - Talvar without thinking of Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Tabu is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Talvar.

Released in 2015, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is a quality to Insaaf - Talvar that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

At 3:20, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.