Jigra Fakira - Aurangzeb by Keerthi Sagathia, Vipin Mishra, Manoj Kumar Nath

When Keerthi Sagathia, Vipin Mishra, Manoj Kumar Nath recorded Jigra Fakira - Aurangzeb, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. Behind the melody is the work of Vipin Mishra, whose composition choices give Jigra Fakira - Aurangzeb its distinctive texture.

The performance by Keerthi Sagathia, Vipin Mishra, Manoj Kumar Nath is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Featuring Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sikander Kher, Amrita Singh, Deepti Naval, Tanvi Azmi, Swara Bhaskar, Sasheh Aagha, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

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

The concision of Jigra Fakira - Aurangzeb — just 3:43 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Jigra Fakira - Aurangzeb are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.