Teri Meri - Bodyguard by Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has delivered memorable performances before, but Teri Meri - Bodyguard sits comfortably among the very best. Himesh Reshammiya's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The performance by Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. For fans of Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Teri Meri - Bodyguard is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2011 marked the release of Bodyguard, and Teri Meri - Bodyguard was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is a quality to Teri Meri - Bodyguard that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

The 5:38 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. The track stands as evidence that Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Himesh Reshammiya, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.