Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva by Sukhwinder Singh, Rahul Ranade, Kavita Krishnamurthy

Released as part of Astitva, Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. The music, composed by Sukhwinder Singh, Rahul Ranade, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva, Sukhwinder Singh, Rahul Ranade, Kavita Krishnamurthy clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva without thinking of Namrata Shirodkar, Tabu, Mohnish Bahl, Sachin Khedekar is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Astitva.

By the end of 2000, Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The concision of Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva — just 4:26 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Main Thi Main Hoon Main Rahoongi - Astitva are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.