Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar by A.R. Rahman

Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar arrived from the Jodhaa Akbar album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2008. Behind the melody is the work of A.R. Rahman, whose composition choices give Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar its distinctive texture.

The voice of A.R. Rahman carries Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. Hearing Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar without thinking of Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Jodhaa Akbar.

Released in 2008, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. The emotional register of Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Khwaja Mere Khwaja - Jodhaa Akbar — just 6:56 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.