Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff by Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu

Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Anu Malik sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. For fans of Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2000 marked the release of Khauff, and Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka - Khauff — just 6:42 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. The track stands as evidence that Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Anu Malik, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.