Jhoom Jhoom Ta Ja - Players by Pritam, Ritu Pathak

Pritam, Ritu Pathak has delivered memorable performances before, but Jhoom Jhoom Ta Ja - Players sits comfortably among the very best. The music, composed by Pritam, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Pritam, Ritu Pathak delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

Released in 2012, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Jhoom Jhoom Ta Ja - Players 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 5:00, 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.