Tumhari Yaad Ne Bechain - Raat Ke Andhere Mein by Surender Kohli, Vinod Kumar

Some songs are made for a single moment. Tumhari Yaad Ne Bechain - Raat Ke Andhere Mein is made for all of them. Credit goes to Surender Kohli for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Surender Kohli, Vinod Kumar's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Featuring Deepika, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

1987 marked the release of Raat Ke Andhere Mein, and Tumhari Yaad Ne Bechain - Raat Ke Andhere Mein was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

The concision of Tumhari Yaad Ne Bechain - Raat Ke Andhere Mein — just 5:25 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.