Pyaar Karte Ho Na by Javed-Mohsin, Stebin Ben, Shreya Ghoshal

There is an honesty to Pyaar Karte Ho Na that separates it from most Indian Pop songs released around the same time. Javed-Mohsin built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

Javed-Mohsin, Stebin Ben, Shreya Ghoshal inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. The song is tied to a talented ensemble cast, whose presence gives Pyaar Karte Ho Na a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

2021 marked the release of Pyaar Karte Ho Na, and Pyaar Karte Ho Na was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Pyaar Karte Ho Na is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

Running to 3:11, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Indian Pop in recent memory — and the numbers agree.