Phir Kabhi - M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story by Arijit Singh

Not every song from M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story lingers, but Phir Kabhi - M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story is the one that stays. Credit goes to Amaal Mallik for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Arijit Singh's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Hearing Phir Kabhi - M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story without thinking of Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Herry Tangiri, Gautam Gulati is almost impossible for anyone who has seen M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story.

The song dates from 2016, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Listeners have described the experience of Phir Kabhi - M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 4:47, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.