Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao by Sunidhi Chauhan

Sunidhi Chauhan has delivered memorable performances before, but Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao sits comfortably among the very best. Vishal And Shekhar sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

The voice of Sunidhi Chauhan carries Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. The story told by Tanishaa Mukerji, Akshay Kapoor, Rashmi Nigam, Yash Tonk, Deepak Tijori, Kabir Sadanand in Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao finds its musical expression here — Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao is where the film's heart beats loudest.

The song dates from 2004, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. The emotional register of Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao — just 4:42 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Oh Solemiya - Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.