Pinga - Bajirao Mastani by Shreya Ghoshal, Vaishali Made, Siddharth Garima

Pinga - Bajirao Mastani is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. What makes Pinga - Bajirao Mastani musically distinctive is the composition by Shreya Ghoshal, Vaishali Made, Siddharth Garima, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Siddharth, Garima, which balances simplicity with depth.

Shreya Ghoshal, Vaishali Made, Siddharth Garima brings a warmth to Pinga - Bajirao Mastani that no production choice could manufacture — it has to be felt, and here it is. On screen, a talented ensemble cast bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2015 marked the release of Bajirao Mastani, and Pinga - Bajirao Mastani was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Pinga - Bajirao Mastani is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The 4:15 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.