Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf by R.D. Burman, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz, Nandu Bhende

There is an honesty to Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf that separates it from most Hindi songs released around the same time. R.D. Burman has a history of strong work, and the music on Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf is among the most memorable of it.

Every line R.D. Burman, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz, Nandu Bhende sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. The song is tied to Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, Vinod Mehra, Parikshit Sahni, Mazhar Khan, Gulshan Grover, Shakti Kapoor, whose presence gives Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

In 1985, Hindi produced many songs, but Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. Listeners have described the experience of Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

In 7:01 minutes, Waqt Aa Gaya - Shiva Ka Insaaf 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.