Khulke Dulke - Befikre by Vishal And Shekhar, Gippy Grewal, Harshdeep Kaur, Jaideep Sahni

Khulke Dulke - Befikre is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Credit goes to Vishal And Shekhar 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 Khulke Dulke - Befikre, Vishal And Shekhar, Gippy Grewal, Harshdeep Kaur, Jaideep Sahni clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor in Befikre finds its musical expression here — Khulke Dulke - Befikre is where the film's heart beats loudest.

2016 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Khulke Dulke - Befikre was among the reasons why. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

The 3:14 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.