Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem by Rajesh Khanna

When Rajesh Khanna recorded Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. R.D. Burman sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem, Rajesh Khanna clearly belongs in the second group. Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Sujit Kumar, Bindu, Madan Puri, Abhi Bhattacharya, Leela Mishra, Asit Sen are at the heart of Amar Prem, and Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

By the end of 1972, Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The concision of Pushpa I Hate Tears - Amar Prem — just 0:30 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.