Oh Nandi Ke Beera by Monika Sharma, Rajkumar Singh

When Monika Sharma, Rajkumar Singh recorded Oh Nandi Ke Beera, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. Behind the melody is the work of Monika Sharma, Rajkumar Singh, DJ Sky, whose composition choices give Oh Nandi Ke Beera its distinctive texture.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Oh Nandi Ke Beera, Monika Sharma, Rajkumar Singh clearly belongs in the second group. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

The song dates from 2020, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. The emotional register of Oh Nandi Ke Beera is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Oh Nandi Ke Beera — just 2:57 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.