Yun Hi Re - David by Anirudh Ravichander, Shweta Mohan

Few songs from 2013 have held their ground as well as Yun Hi Re - David, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Anirudh Ravichander has a history of strong work, and the music on Yun Hi Re - David is among the most memorable of it.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Yun Hi Re - David, Anirudh Ravichander, Shweta Mohan clearly belongs in the second group. Hearing Yun Hi Re - David without thinking of Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Isha Sharvani is almost impossible for anyone who has seen David.

Released in 2013, it arrived at a time when Hindi music needed exactly this kind of sincerity. Listeners have described the experience of Yun Hi Re - David differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

Running to 4:44, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. The track stands as evidence that Anirudh Ravichander, Shweta Mohan and Anirudh Ravichander, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.