Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar by Prakriti Kakar, Sonu Nigam

Prakriti Kakar, Sonu Nigam has delivered memorable performances before, but Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar sits comfortably among the very best. Amaal Mallik has a history of strong work, and the music on Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar is among the most memorable of it.

Prakriti Kakar, Sonu Nigam inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. For fans of Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta, Huma Qureshi, Gautam Gulati, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kunal Roy Kapur, Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2016 marked the release of Azhar, and Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

In 5:33 minutes, Tu Hi Na Jaane - Azhar builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.