Kuch Bhi Nahi Hai Zindagi - Meena Bazar by Naresh Sharma, Kumar Sanu

Not every song from Meena Bazar lingers, but Kuch Bhi Nahi Hai Zindagi - Meena Bazar is the one that stays. Naresh Sharma built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

The voice of Naresh Sharma, Kumar Sanu carries Kuch Bhi Nahi Hai Zindagi - Meena Bazar effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. On screen, Om Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Vikram Razdan, Rupa Ganguly, Poonam Dasgupta bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

1991 marked the release of Meena Bazar, and Kuch Bhi Nahi Hai Zindagi - Meena Bazar was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Kuch Bhi Nahi Hai Zindagi - Meena Bazar differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 5:45 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.