'Dil tho Bachcha hai'-Ishqiya

This is by far one of the best songs I've heard in recent times. It truly speaks of genius in Vishal Bharadwaj for having created such a beautiful melody with the least number of instruments.The characteristic Accordion in the beginning gives a very vintage feel to the song. This song is definitely an embodiment of how effective the 7ths and the 9ths chords can be used instead of the conventional full major and minor chords. 7ths and 9ths chords are basically derivatives of full chords with an addition or deletion of particular notes thus giving a very incomplete effect to the sound which sometimes adds to the beauty as in this case. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's voice almost acts like a filler to the lack of instruments used in this song because he drags every line in the song to such an apt time-line and with a very vibrato effect thus almost acting like another instrument. Another point to note in this song is the change of chords for almost every line which with basis to tune sounds absolutely similar. In the first verse ,'Aisi uljhi nazar unse...'....every third line which when just sung sounds exactly similar is given a very different feel because of the change in the chord in every third line. The use of Indian percussion in the song and that too very sparingly is also a thing to note in this song because it elevates the mood at very odd times in coherence with the lyrics. Another very uncharacteristic part of the song is that someone who knows the style of Rahat's singing would agree when I say that his high notes are usually chiseled to the extreme extent and is always sung with so much perfection. Such a singer has actually underplayed his voice to a very mellowed down range and sung in a very comfortable pitch so beautifully which is a definite characteristic in this song. All in all, this song being very vintage in its sound has grabbed the attention of every listener and it only proves the beauty in the composition.