2021

A sublime gem. -Sukanya

Fiddler and the voice matched up good. -Nishant

One of the finest pieces in the list. Voice and Violin move so beautifully. -Suanshu

I kept getting worried that the track will jump into a Bhoomi-style explosion (of over-arrangement), which it kind of did but only at the very end, fortunately. -Vishal

Abhay Jodhpurkar sings really well. The song has been produced nicely. -Anish

The band has cleverly capitalized on Abhay's superior vocal skills, but overall I was not impressed. -Sumi

Abhay J. sounds a bit like a young Hariharan - I've heard his facility in upper registers, but I don't remember his voice sounding this "meaty" in the lower registers - good for you! The composition is nice but a little crammed. -Sanjeev

Enjoyable and well arranged! -Meera

I've heard ALL the versions of this song - Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada, and enjoyed them all. A very admirable effort, indeed. Still, I can truly say that the Tamil version outshines the rest. The music just "fits" the lyrics better in that language (IMO). So, if I were rating that version of the song, I'd have given this a 3. Being that it's the Hindi one I'm rating, I couldn't go beyond 2. -UV

The last one minute is the highlight of the song. -Aman

Abhay Jodhpurkar is a great find of the year for me. -Vaishali

There are a number of fusion songs in the list; I thought this was one of the better ones. The last minute with its soaring vocals and music is particularly hard to resist. -Shalini

Warm. Soothing. Could have done with less music. -Nidheesh