Sharab by Ndee Kundu, Ashu Twinkle

Not every song from Sharab lingers, but Sharab is the one that stays. Behind the melody is the work of Deepty, whose composition choices give Sharab its distinctive texture.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Sharab, Ndee Kundu, Ashu Twinkle clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Sharab finds its musical expression here — Sharab is where the film's heart beats loudest.

In 2023, Haryanvi produced many songs, but Sharab was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. The emotional register of Sharab is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The 3:28 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.