Mohabbat - Fanney Khan by Sunidhi Chauhan

Released as part of Fanney Khan, Mohabbat - Fanney Khan announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. Credit goes to Tanishk Bagchi for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The vocal on Mohabbat - Fanney Khan is among the better performances Sunidhi Chauhan has committed to record. On screen, Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Divya Dutta bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

By the end of 2018, Mohabbat - Fanney Khan had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Some music is background. Mohabbat - Fanney Khan demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The concision of Mohabbat - Fanney Khan — just 4:03 — 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.