Soniye - Aalaap by Agnee, K. Mohan

Soniye - Aalaap is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. What makes Soniye - Aalaap musically distinctive is the composition by Agnee, which balances simplicity with depth.

Agnee, K. Mohan understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. Amit Purohit, Pitobash Tripathy, Rituparna Sengupta, Ruhi Chaturvedi, Gamya Wijayadasa, Raghuvir Yadav, Omkar Das Manikpuri, Murli Sharma, Aabid Shamim, Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh, Harsh Rajput, Vijay Raaz, Krishna Srivastava are at the heart of Aalaap, and Soniye - Aalaap captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

By the end of 2012, Soniye - Aalaap had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is no right time to listen to Soniye - Aalaap. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

At 5:33, 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 Agnee, K. Mohan and Agnee, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.