Oh My Mom - Bhoot Unkle by Baba Sehgal

When Baba Sehgal recorded Oh My Mom - Bhoot Unkle, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. The arrangement here is the work of Baba Sehgal, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Oh My Mom - Bhoot Unkle, Baba Sehgal clearly belongs in the second group. The chemistry of Jackie Shroff, Akhilendra Mishra, Master Dev Kanatawala, Shehzad Khan, Rajesh Vivek, Rasika Joshi, Anurag Prapanna, K.K. Goswami is embedded in every moment of Oh My Mom - Bhoot Unkle, making it as much a performance as a song.

2006 marked the release of Bhoot Unkle, and Oh My Mom - Bhoot Unkle was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

Running to 4:32, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The song continues to find new listeners, which is the surest sign that it was made with something genuine at its core.