Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama by Amit Kumar, Jayshree Shivram

There is an honesty to Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. Behind the melody is the work of R.D. Burman, whose composition choices give Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama its distinctive texture.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama, Amit Kumar, Jayshree Shivram clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama without thinking of Kimi Katkar is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Rama O Rama.

The song dates from 1988, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. Some music is background. Rama O Rama Title Track - Rama O Rama demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

Running to 7:00, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The track stands as evidence that Amit Kumar, Jayshree Shivram and R.D. Burman, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.