Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi by Nishat Khan, Javed Ali

Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Nishat Khan's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi, Nishat Khan, Javed Ali clearly belongs in the second group. Irfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangada Singh gave the film its soul, and Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

2011 marked the release of Yeh Saali Zindagi, and Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is a quality to Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

Running to 5:21, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The staying power of Sararara (Zindagi Nikal Chali Sararara) - Yeh Saali Zindagi is not a mystery. It is just what happens when every element of a song is exactly right.