Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra by Ravindra Sathe

The Kurukshetra album has several strong tracks, but Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra is the one most listeners come back to first. The production by Himesh Reshammiya is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

Every line Ravindra Sathe sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Hearing Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra without thinking of Sanjay Dutt, Mahima Chaudhry, Mukesh Rishi, Shivaji Satam, Salil Ankola, Om Puri is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Kurukshetra.

2000 was a strong year for Hindi music, and Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra was among the reasons why. The emotional register of Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra — just 8:23 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Kurukshetra Title Song - Kurukshetra are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.