Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan by Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Alisha Chinai

Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan arrived from the Ram Lakhan album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 1989. Laxmikant, Pyarelal's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The voice of Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Alisha Chinai carries Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. For fans of Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Rakhee Gulzar, Anupam Kher, Satish Kaushik, Amrish Puri, Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

By the end of 1989, Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Listeners have described the experience of Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 9:03 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. Songs like Main Hoon Hero - Ram Lakhan are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.