Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyar - Shikaar by Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik

Released as part of Shikaar, Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyar - Shikaar announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Anand Raaj Anand built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyar - Shikaar, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Jitna Bhi Karlo Pyar - Shikaar, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 2004, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

Running to 5:02, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.