2018

This was my most favorite song of the year. It became an earworm instantly.The use of percussion instruments was brilliant. The song accurately depicts the sense of anger, betrayal, turbulence and despondency felt by the character. It creates a trance like effect. Shellee excels here. The cherry-on-the-cake was Jyoti Nooran's piercing voice- very appropriate for the song. The emotions explode here like a volcano full of molten lava. Jyoti does complete justice to it. Phenomenal! -Sunil

A very good melody where Amit Trivedi and Shellee recapture their DevD magic. A very nice twist on a Sufi qawalli but could have used a better sounding voice which still had that edge. -Ketan

Interesting rhythmic play on the first "Ishqe Lafz Da..." passage - wonder what's the inspiration? Powerful vocals by Jyoti Nooran. -Sanjeev

Anurag kashyap does have a great ear for music. Picturizes them well and and this composition is a little funky too! -Arun

Shellee and AT, quite the winning Punjabi jodi. I like Jyoti Nooran's controlled singing here. -Meera

Allah Allah Allaah Hoo.. Nooran caries well. -Pavan

Finally a song that does something truly interesting and hatke! The combination of Jyoti Nooran with Amit Trivedi made me sit up with anticipation, and thank heavens I was right! Psychedelic funk, EDM and trance mixed with a Sufi voice has produced a sound that's completely unlike anything we have heard in a while! Simply mesmerizing! This is definitely the best song of this list for me! -Megha

"hallaa" is appropriate name! -Ashok

अरदास की शक्ल में विरह श्रृंगार का बियाबान है यहाँ। अमित त्रिवेदी 'मनमर्ज़ियाँ' में पँजाब में खुलते सूफ़ी दरवाज़े के भीतर प्रवेश करते हैं और 'इश्क हक़ीक़ी' से 'इश्क मजाज़ी' तक की उल्टी राह तय करते हैं। जो डूबा सो पार।. -मिहिर

Another unusual number from a stupendous album. This sounds a very coke-studioesque song to me. I like the singing and the grandiose musical arrangement. -Hemendra

The most inventive song by Trivedi in the recent times. The song progression is stormy, and the arrangement pulsating. Giving this song to Jyoti Nooran is masterstroke. -Nagarajan

Very interesting synth pattern to outline an otherwise atmospheric track. -DM

Top notch production. -Sankhayan