Monta Re - Lootera by Amit Trivedi, Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Monta Re - Lootera arrived from the Lootera album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2013. What makes Monta Re - Lootera musically distinctive is the composition by Amit Trivedi, which balances simplicity with depth.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Monta Re - Lootera, Amit Trivedi, Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Bhattacharya clearly belongs in the second group. Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha are at the heart of Lootera, and Monta Re - Lootera captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

2013 marked the release of Lootera, and Monta Re - Lootera was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Some music is background. Monta Re - Lootera demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

The concision of Monta Re - Lootera — just 3:57 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Monta Re - Lootera are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.