Kalakaar Banja by Masoom Sharma

Some songs are made for a single moment. Kalakaar Banja is made for all of them. Credit goes to Gaurav Panchal (GR Music) for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Kalakaar Banja, Masoom Sharma clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Kalakaar Banja, making it as much a performance as a song.

Released in 2020, it arrived at a time when Haryanvi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Kalakaar Banja. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 3:30, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The track stands as evidence that Masoom Sharma and Gaurav Panchal (GR Music), working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.