Shikayatein - Lootera by Amit Trivedi, Mohan Kanan, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Shikayatein - Lootera arrived from the Lootera album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2013. Behind the melody is the work of Amit Trivedi, whose composition choices give Shikayatein - Lootera its distinctive texture.

Amit Trivedi, Mohan Kanan, Amitabh Bhattacharya understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. Hearing Shikayatein - Lootera without thinking of Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Lootera.

By the end of 2013, Shikayatein - Lootera had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The 4:30 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.