Secrecy - Snip by Dhruv Ghanekar, Ashutosh Phatak

Secrecy - Snip works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Ashutosh Pathak, Dhruv Ghanekar's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

Every line Dhruv Ghanekar, Ashutosh Phatak sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Snip finds its musical expression here — Secrecy - Snip is where the film's heart beats loudest.

2000 marked the release of Snip, and Secrecy - Snip was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Secrecy - Snip is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The concision of Secrecy - Snip — just 6:42 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.