2018

Anu Malik tries to cash on the stupendous success of Moh Moh ke dhaage and churns a tune that's very similar. There're shades of Border too. Low marks for rehashing earlier stuff. Singing and Varun's lyrics are top notch. -Hemendra

Song of the year for me! Ronkini and Papon's voice are like honey and sugar. I get goosebumps listening to this. Lovely music with great interludes and minimal orchestration. Varun Grover shines: a curse like " tera saath ka hai to shap laaga" never sounded more romantic :-). -Arun

इस गीत में एक शास्त्रीय किस्म की पवित्रता है। बेशक 'मोह मोह के धागे' याद आता है क्योंकि टीम वही है, शायद कोशिश भी वही। गित के मध्य बाँसुरी का प्रयोग इस पवित्रता को द्विगुणित कर देता है। वरुण यहाँ बहुत दिनों बाद खड़ी बोली हिन्दी के कुछ ऐसे शब्द (शीत, ताप, लोभ, चाव, प्रीत) गीत में लौटाकर लाये हैं, जिन्हें हमारे सिनेमाई गीतकारों ने 'कठोर' मानकर त्यागा हुआ था। जहाँ 'देख लिहाज की चारदीवारी, फाँद ली तेरे एक इशारे' में 'क़यामत से क़यामत तक' के जवाँ प्यार की अनुगूँज है, वहीं 'प्रीत की चादर, छोटी मैली, हमने उसमें पैर पसारे' सुनकर 'साथ-साथ' के फ़क्कड़ दीप्ति और फ़ारुख़ याद आते हैं.. 'ये तेरा घर, ये मेरा घर' गाते हुए।. -मिहिर

Ronkini Gupta is magical - this album and Rafuu last year. -Nagarajan

In 2017 one song, in 2018 2 songs - keep at it, Ronkini. More songs/ more variety to you! -Meera

Good to hear Ronkini and she does a great job after a while but this song unfortunately is an uninspired composition. The main refrain of the lyrics (chaav laagaa) is completely off the melody meter. -Pranav

Beautiful compostion except that it sounds familiar- otherwise I might have scored it higher. Ronkini shines like she did in 'Tumhari Sulu'. Lovely arrangement. -Sunil

Pure melody. great use of tabla dholak rhythms. -Sankhayan

The song itself harmonizes very well with the lyrics and vocals and has a ring of simplicity to it. -Sowmya

Excellent singing, like the warmth on the dip down for "ghaav laagaa"; not sure I'm convinced by the tune; here "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" mixed with stuff from "Refugee", i.e. Sonu-Alka's "Aisa Lagta Hai" is the beginning of the antara. -Sanjeev

Words back up the lovely chemistry of voices. -Nishant

Puriya Dhanashri again?! The start of this song is reminiscent of 'barfaani' from the previous year's list. And then it sounds like four other songs in between. -Megha

Imaginative lyrics, lovely melody and some great singing. -Param

Lyrics imaginative, melodious tune, reasonably wel-sung. Should be shorter. -Ashok

Papon--what is 'bore aaya'? Think you mean 'bhor aaya'. Your mispronuciations are like a sharp 'Sui' to Ronkini's sweet dhaaga. -Ketan

A soothing romantic track with Anu Malik keeping his recent winning formula of DLKH (Moh moh) intact. The template reuse was so evident in arrangement, yet Varun Grover made good use of lyrics to give it a color of its own. -Pavan