Mera Mirza Sher Jawan - Mirzya - Dare To Love by Daler Mehndi

Few songs from 2016 have held their ground as well as Mera Mirza Sher Jawan - Mirzya - Dare To Love, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Daler Mehndi's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Every line Daler Mehndi sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Anuj Chaudhary, Om Puri gave the film its soul, and Mera Mirza Sher Jawan - Mirzya - Dare To Love is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

2016 marked the release of Mirzya - Dare To Love, and Mera Mirza Sher Jawan - Mirzya - Dare To Love was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Some music is background. Mera Mirza Sher Jawan - Mirzya - Dare To Love demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The 0:47 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The track stands as evidence that Daler Mehndi and Daler Mehndi, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.