2018

Explosive track. Also, I think first Hindi film song with the rap portion as its mainstay (and not a filler). -Sankhayan

The two songs of Mukkabaaz on this list couldn't be more different from each other in terms of genre, but they both works so awesomely in their respective worlds! This song was actually my intro to Divine and now I'm looking forward to exploring more! -Megha

Interesting but a bit cacophonic in orchestration. -Arun

Interesting use of percussion. -Nishant

Use of south indian percussions along with rock and hip hop gives an outstanding effect. Not unique but catchy nevertheless. -Pranav

Paintaraa works very well in context of the film and specially for the boxing ring choregraphy. The unconventional treatment is good but restricts repeat value. -Pavan

The rap singer might be called Divine. The song is not. I did not divine anything from it. -Ketan

Anurag Kashyap has a good sense of whom to pick as a music composer. He has had a great track record. Here for this defining track he uses Nucleya. The edited video of this song is one of the best music videos of this year. One can sense the adrenaline of the boxer in the arrangement of this song. Brilliant composition. Wonderful use of percussion too. -Sunil

इस गीत की ऊर्जा हिप्नॉटिक है। बोल सुनें तो हमारे देश में जो कुछ गलत है, उसे एक गीत में समेट दिया गया है। ये गीत अनुराग की फ़िल्म में ही हो सकता था।. -मिहिर

Situational - may serve intended purpose, but stuff like this can't be a serious contender for SONG of the year. -Sanjeev

Makes me want to get up and RUN. Go get it! -Meera

Traces of tamil koothu combined with rap. Great attempt. -Sowmya

Interesting variation on rap style delivery. The so-called "extended" version has something to recommend it, esp. the "svagat bhaashhaN" passage. -Ashok