2020

Enjoyable. Harmonies rendered so beautifully that you can almost feel yourself twirling in a tango. While the lyrics say "आओ, फ़िल्मों के बेअदब गाने गाते हैं", the lyrics are full of अदब and poise! -Akanksha

5 starts for the singing -- Arijit and Shasha are so perfectly in sync, it makes the heart glad to hear. ARR, hats off to you, sir! -UVR

The music is not vintage ARR but it is better than what's going around. Amitabh B is doing his Gulzar impersonation and the overall feel is trite. -Subrat

The lyrics are a major let down. Arijit and Shashaa are good on vocals. -Aman

After a long time, we have a lovely conversational duet. Rahman makes use of harmonies for this track. We get to hear overlapped voices of Arijit and Shashaa during most parts of the song. They sound great singing together. Esp. Arijit hasn’t sounded this good/different in a while. There’s also a scale change towards the end. Amitabh Bhattacharya’s words help to keep the mood light. The innocence of ‘Aao filmon ke be-adab gaane gaate hai, Heroine-Hero aaj hum tum bann jate hai’...Sweet! -Mihir

Good harmony, heavy-weight philosophy conveyed through light-weight lyrics. -Aditya

The breezy rendition aids the pleasant fantasy feel. But something about the speeding up in the latter half doesn't work. -Trisha

The lilting melody helps making this song aptly cheerful, and both singers complement each other well. The antaras are structured beautifully. Probably one of the most positive songs in recent times. Rahman uses flutes, pianos, strings beautifully and Amitabh's lyrics go with the positive theme of the song. I noticed that Arijit gets his solo portions while Shashaa provides adequate hums in the background; would have liked the reverse in some portions. -Rujul

Rahman's use of harmonies in Dil Bechara soundtrack was exceptional - and this song presented one of the finest specimens of it; two brilliant singers in fine form, love how both of them keep switching between higher and lower registers. -Vipin

The octave-apart voices from both singers seemed a little gimmicky to me at first, but it works marvelously! Gem of a song! We can always count on Amitabh Bhattachrya to introduce words into Bollywood songs that were hardly every heard before -- case in point 'maheen' (fine/feeble). -Vishal

Khulke Jeene Ke is one of my top choices for the song of the year . Rahman throws a lot of things into the mix to create a stunning pot-pourri and everything in the mix works spectacularly, from the stong melody, quirky, fun and introspective lyrics, the European treatment for the orchestral work and stunning vocal harmonies. Its been ages since one has heard such stunning vocal harmonies in Bollywood. -Krithikaa

The unconventional tune grows with repeated hearings. Amitabh B's lyrics are very good. -Anish

Feels like a Salil Chowdhury song from a Basu Chatterjee film. -Anup

Experimention with scales, different kind of sound. -Vaishali