2019

From "how dare they touch this song" to "yeah this is good!"- Rochak has done a good job of retaining the soul but experimenting skillfully. The beginning is beautiful and I loved Darshan's voice in it. The use of punjabi lyrics is great way to avoid direct comparisons with Javed sb's feat. -Akanksha

Take an excellent melody, mangle it and then pepper it with random Punjabi words and voila, you have a winner (not) on your hands. -Subrat

It’s an interesting take on R.D. Burman’s classic from 1942 a love story. Rochak Kohli uses the prelude music of the original and develops it into a song. I hope this helps the new generation to discover the original Pancham song. -Mihir

Well mixed. -Naresh

I like how Rochak uses the musical parts of the old song and turns it into a vocal part here, but also can't help but wish it had been sung by someone else. -Rujul

Starts off with promise, then slips into generic territory. Husky voiced Arijit hangover in the singing. -Sankhayan

Mercifully short; usual Punjabi sprinkling, irritating huskiness. -Ashok

It has a not-bad melody. But I am biased against remixes. If it's not original, no good for me,. -Abhay

Well done, but the refrain credit makes me give it only 1. -Neha

No effort made to spice up the tune. If anything a 25 year old tune has been made even more bland. -Ketan

Rochak cleverly vocalizes the instrumental passges from Burman's iconic song in this recreation and the singing is mellow and fluid. While the idea to vocalize instrumental passages is neat, docking major points for the fact that it is a recreation and not an original composition. -Krithikaa

Whatever good in the song is just the borrowed hook, which adds the value to a below average song otherwise.. -Pavan

An experiment that does not really work. -Aditya

Brownie points ONLY for Pancham :) Honestly though, why? -Hemendra

Nice remake, but 0 on principle because of remake. -DM

RDB's melody retains its freshness. -Sunil