So Jao - Haider by Bashir Lone, Bashir Bhawani, Muzamil Bhawani, Mayukh Sarkar, Alaap Majgavkar, Sourabh Joshi, Vishal Bhardwaj

The Haider album has several strong tracks, but So Jao - Haider is the one most listeners come back to first. Credit goes to Vishal Bhardwaj for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Bashir Lone, Bashir Bhawani, Muzamil Bhawani, Mayukh Sarkar, Alaap Majgavkar, Sourabh Joshi, Vishal Bhardwaj's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Featuring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu, Narendra Jha, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

2014 marked the release of Haider, and So Jao - Haider was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of So Jao - Haider differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

At 2:05, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. The track stands as evidence that Bashir Lone, Bashir Bhawani, Muzamil Bhawani, Mayukh Sarkar, Alaap Majgavkar, Sourabh Joshi, Vishal Bhardwaj and Vishal Bhardwaj, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.