Oh My Darling - Mujhse Dosti Karoge by Rahul Sharma, Sonu Nigam, Alisha Chinai, Anand Bakshi

Some songs are made for a single moment. Oh My Darling - Mujhse Dosti Karoge is made for all of them. Rahul Sharma sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

The voice of Rahul Sharma, Sonu Nigam, Alisha Chinai, Anand Bakshi carries Oh My Darling - Mujhse Dosti Karoge effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. The story told by Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji, Uday Chopra in Mujhse Dosti Karoge finds its musical expression here — Oh My Darling - Mujhse Dosti Karoge is where the film's heart beats loudest.

The song dates from 2002, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. There is a quality to Oh My Darling - Mujhse Dosti Karoge that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

Running to 6:07, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.