Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City by Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot

The Sankat City album has several strong tracks, but Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City is the one most listeners come back to first. The music, composed by Ranjit Barot, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

The voice of Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot carries Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. The song is tied to Rimi Sen, Kay Kay Menon, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey, R.D. Burman, Dilip Prabhavalkar, whose presence gives Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

In 2009, Hindi produced many songs, but Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The concision of Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai - Sankat City — just 3:47 — 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.