Maston Ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag by Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, Divya Kumar

Few songs from 2013 have held their ground as well as Maston Ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a track that keeps finding new audiences. The music, composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy, Divya Kumar delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor gave the film its soul, and Maston Ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

The song dates from 2013, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. The emotional register of Maston Ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The 4:34 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The staying power of Maston Ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.