Pooja Ka Tashan - Tashan by Vishal And Shekhar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Krishna Acharya

Few songs from 2008 have held their ground as well as Pooja Ka Tashan - Tashan, a track that keeps finding new audiences. The arrangement here is the work of Vishal And Shekhar, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Pooja Ka Tashan - Tashan, Vishal And Shekhar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Krishna Acharya clearly belongs in the second group. For fans of Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Pooja Ka Tashan - Tashan is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2008 marked the release of Tashan, and Pooja Ka Tashan - Tashan 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.

At 0:16, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. The track stands as evidence that Vishal And Shekhar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Krishna Acharya and Vishal And Shekhar, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.