Masti Aur Jawani Ho - Dil Daulat Duniya by Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Sharada

Few songs from 1972 have held their ground as well as Masti Aur Jawani Ho - Dil Daulat Duniya, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Shankar, Jaikishan's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Sharada delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. Featuring Rajesh Khanna, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

1972 marked the release of Dil Daulat Duniya, and Masti Aur Jawani Ho - Dil Daulat Duniya was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The concision of Masti Aur Jawani Ho - Dil Daulat Duniya — just 4:42 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.