Rim Jhim by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal

When Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal recorded Rim Jhim, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. The music, composed by , carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

The performance by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. a talented ensemble cast gave the film its soul, and Rim Jhim is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

Released in 2018, it arrived at a time when Indian Pop music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. There is no right time to listen to Rim Jhim. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The 4:30 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.