Taram Pum Taram Pum - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna by Babul Supriyo, Sreenivas

Few songs from 1998 have held their ground as well as Taram Pum Taram Pum - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Credit goes to A.R. Rahman for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The performance by Babul Supriyo, Sreenivas is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Hearing Taram Pum Taram Pum - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna without thinking of Akshay Khanna, Jyothika Sadhana, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Tej Sapru, Aruna Irani, Moushumi Chatterjee, Amrish Puri is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.

1998 marked the release of Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, and Taram Pum Taram Pum - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is no right time to listen to Taram Pum Taram Pum - Doli Saja Ke Rakhna. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

At 4:32, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.