Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City by Kshitij Tarey

Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Harpreet Singh has a history of strong work, and the music on Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City, Kshitij Tarey clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Shor in the City.

By the end of 2011, Teri Justajoo (Saaware) - Shor in the City had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

The 4:35 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.