Vote For Chintuji - Chintuji by Amjad Nadeem

Not every song from Chintuji lingers, but Vote For Chintuji - Chintuji is the one that stays. Credit goes to Amjad Nadeem, Shabbir Ahmed for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

The performance by Amjad Nadeem is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Hearing Vote For Chintuji - Chintuji without thinking of a talented ensemble cast is almost impossible for anyone who has seen Chintuji.

By the end of 2009, Vote For Chintuji - Chintuji had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is a quality to Vote For Chintuji - Chintuji that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

Running to 5:41, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.