Tere Mohalle - Besharam by Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya Nigam

Tere Mohalle - Besharam works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Lalit Pandit's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The performance by Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya Nigam is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. The chemistry of Ranbir Kapoor, Pallavi Sharda, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Jaaved Jaaferi is embedded in every moment of Tere Mohalle - Besharam, making it as much a performance as a song.

By the end of 2013, Tere Mohalle - Besharam had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Tere Mohalle - Besharam is the song for the end of a long day when you want music that understands something without being asked to explain it.

The 4:30 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.