Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba by Ismail Darbar, Kavita Subramanyam

Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. What makes Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba musically distinctive is the composition by Ismail Darbar, which balances simplicity with depth.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba, Ismail Darbar, Kavita Subramanyam clearly belongs in the second group. Featuring Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

2008 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba was among the reasons why. The emotional register of Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

In 6:04 minutes, Kuch Kar Lo (Version 3) - Mehbooba builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.