Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali) - Zanjeer by Meet Bros Anjjan, Sukhwinder Singh, Shabab Sabri

Few songs from 2013 have held their ground as well as Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali) - Zanjeer, a track that keeps finding new audiences. What makes Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali) - Zanjeer musically distinctive is the composition by Meet Bros Anjjan, which balances simplicity with depth.

Meet Bros Anjjan, Sukhwinder Singh, Shabab Sabri delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Mahie Gill, Prakash Raj, Atul Kulkarni are at the heart of Zanjeer, and Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali) - Zanjeer captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

Released in 2013, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Some music is background. Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali) - Zanjeer demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

At 6:14, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.