Mausam Mausam Lovely Mausam - Thodi Si Bewafai by Anwar, Sulakshana Pandit

Anwar, Sulakshana Pandit has delivered memorable performances before, but Mausam Mausam Lovely Mausam - Thodi Si Bewafai sits comfortably among the very best. The production by Khayyam is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

Anwar, Sulakshana Pandit's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Hearing Mausam Mausam Lovely Mausam - Thodi Si Bewafai without thinking of Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Padmini Kolhapure, Sushant Ray, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo, Deven Verma, Maya Alagh, A.K. Hangal, Urmila Bhatt is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Thodi Si Bewafai.

Released in 1980, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

At 5:38, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.