2018

After last year's wow song from Jab Harry Met Sejal, I was looking forward to see if Jonita Gandhi would have something on this year's list and yay, she does! Arijit has reigned himself in considerably, but his voice strains in the high notes, which is surprising. But all through the song it feels like Jonita is showing him how it ought to be done. The thing about her that I always love, is how her vocals shine beyond the music. She has the perfect voice for unplugged singing. -Megha

Lilting melody and beautiful instrumentaion. One can hear Niladri Kunar's zitar at the end. -Sunil

Amazing song that is masterfully held together by the subtle background arpeggio. -DM

Production, arrangement - the soundscape is the mainstay of the song. -Sankhayan

The song is just the warm blanket one needs in the snowy and looming landscape the story is set in. The melody construction, progression, orchestration (Zitar towards the end?), and singing are all top notch. -Nagarajan

पुरुष स्वर सवाल करता है। स्त्री स्वर विश्वास करता है। इसी में लैला-मजनूं की सारी कहानी छिपी है।. -मिहिर

Loved the song, for a beautiful composition kind of a mix of ARR & Vishal Bhardwaj's world. Niladri has worked with both and the traces shows in his own work. The singing is beautiful in rendition as well as chemistry. Irshad brings his own value with some good poetry. -Pavan

Jonita lays out the opening beautifully but could do with little less breathing while singing. Arijit needs to realize that not all songs need to be sung in a slow drawl. Lovely tune, paced beautifully by Niladri Kumar. -Ketan

Too many loops (U2 anyone?) and overly engineered - in fact the samples used are out-of-the-box provided by one of the most commonly used software (Reason). That said, song is "listenable" so bumped up overall score by a point. -Pranav

Arijit on a roll! -Arun

The beautiful arrangements lift the song here. Jonita Gandhi is such a good and versatile singer. -Meera

A more "engaged" rendition from Arijit, female vocals good too - but more of a "landscape" or "background" song? Song feels too long...interesting effects on the sitar (I think) at the end... -Sanjeev

Fantastic tune by Niladri Kumar, who also plays the zitar in the song. Some superb lyrics by Irshad Kamil and fantastic singing by Arijit and Jonita. Arijit speciailly stands out with his tremendous range. -Param

Weak tune; tried to hide in big sound. -Ashok

Powerfully sung and stands out among all Laila Majnu #s. -Sowmya