Maasiji - What The Fish by Amartya Rahut, Aalam Gir, Neuman Pinto

Amartya Rahut, Aalam Gir, Neuman Pinto has delivered memorable performances before, but Maasiji - What The Fish sits comfortably among the very best. Amartya Rahut's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The vocal on Maasiji - What The Fish is among the better performances Amartya Rahut, Aalam Gir, Neuman Pinto has committed to record. Dimple Kapadia, Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh, Anand Tiwari gave the film its soul, and Maasiji - What The Fish is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

2013 marked the release of What The Fish, and Maasiji - What The Fish was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Maasiji - What The Fish differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

In 3:17 minutes, Maasiji - What The Fish 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.