Rabba Main Kya Karoon - Rabba Main Kya Karoon by Salim, Sulaiman, Raj Pandit, Vidhi Sharma, Benny Dayal

There is an honesty to Rabba Main Kya Karoon - Rabba Main Kya Karoon that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. The music, composed by Salim, Sulaiman, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Salim, Sulaiman, Raj Pandit, Vidhi Sharma, Benny Dayal inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. On screen, Arshad Warsi, Akash Chopra, Paresh Rawal, Raj Babbar, Riya Sen, Tahira Kochchar bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

By the end of 2013, Rabba Main Kya Karoon - Rabba Main Kya Karoon had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Whether it plays on a long drive, during a quiet evening at home, or through earphones on a crowded commute, the song meets the listener where they are.

Running to 4:33, 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 Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.