Kundli - Manmarziyaan by Meenal Jain, Yashita Sharma, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur, Anita Gandharva, Meghna Mishra, Vaishnavi Mishra, Amit Trivedi, Shellee

Meenal Jain, Yashita Sharma, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur, Anita Gandharva, Meghna Mishra, Vaishnavi Mishra, Amit Trivedi, Shellee has delivered memorable performances before, but Kundli - Manmarziyaan sits comfortably among the very best. The music, composed by Amit Trivedi, Shellee, Meenal Jain, Yashita Sharma, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur, Anita Gandharva, Meghna Mishra, Vaishnavi Mishra, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Meenal Jain, Yashita Sharma, Yashika Sikka, Rani Kaur, Anita Gandharva, Meghna Mishra, Vaishnavi Mishra, Amit Trivedi, Shellee's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The song is tied to a talented ensemble cast, whose presence gives Kundli - Manmarziyaan a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

In 2018, Hindi produced many songs, but Kundli - Manmarziyaan was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. There is a quality to Kundli - Manmarziyaan that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

The concision of Kundli - Manmarziyaan — just 3:47 — 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.