Sachi Ye Kahani Hai - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa by Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Vijeta Pandit

Some songs are made for a single moment. Sachi Ye Kahani Hai - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa is made for all of them. Credit goes to Jatin, Lalit for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Every line Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Vijeta Pandit sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. The chemistry of Shah Rukh Khan, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Deepak Tijori is embedded in every moment of Sachi Ye Kahani Hai - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, making it as much a performance as a song.

1994 marked the release of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, and Sachi Ye Kahani Hai - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Sachi Ye Kahani Hai - Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 6:30, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.