Jhuki Jhuki - Chocolate by Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher

Jhuki Jhuki - Chocolate arrived from the Chocolate album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2005. Credit goes to Pritam for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The performance by Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. a talented ensemble cast gave the film its soul, and Jhuki Jhuki - Chocolate is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

In 2005, Hindi produced many songs, but Jhuki Jhuki - Chocolate was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. There is no right time to listen to Jhuki Jhuki - Chocolate. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 5:17, 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.