Jaata Hai Tujh Tak - Murder 3 by Pritam, Nikhil Dsouza

There is an honesty to Jaata Hai Tujh Tak - Murder 3 that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Pritam's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Pritam, Nikhil Dsouza's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Randeep Hooda, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sara Loren gave the film its soul, and Jaata Hai Tujh Tak - Murder 3 is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

Released in 2013, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Jaata Hai Tujh Tak - Murder 3 is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

Running to 4:49, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The song continues to find new listeners, which is the surest sign that it was made with something genuine at its core.