Sing Raja - Joker by G.V. Prakash Kumar, Daler Mehndi, Sonu Kakkar

Sing Raja - Joker is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Behind the melody is the work of G.V. Prakash Kumar, whose composition choices give Sing Raja - Joker its distinctive texture.

The performance by G.V. Prakash Kumar, Daler Mehndi, Sonu Kakkar is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. On screen, Akshay Kumar, Shreyas Talpade, Sonakshi Sinha, Minissha Lamba bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2012 marked the release of Joker, and Sing Raja - Joker was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

The concision of Sing Raja - Joker — just 3:50 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.