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Gandhi Talks’ Sunhari Kirne: AR Rahman and Arijit Singh collaborate for a safe, soothing and simple song

Sunhari Kirne review: A R Rahman sticks to his most trusted guns as Arijit Singh becomes the perfect ammunition for this song.

3 min readNew DelhiJan 13, 2026 09:57 PM IST

Sunhari Kirne Review: It's soulful, simple and right up AR Rahman's alley.

It’s almost always a moment of celebration for Indian music fans when AR Rahman composes for a film, and the musical genius has been more than prolific in recent times. With the Kishor Pandurang Belekar directorial Gandhi Talks now set to hit theatres, its songs are now hitting the internet. The album has been composed by Rahman, and one of the first drops is the track “Sunhari Kirne”. Performed by Arijit Singh, a long-time collaborator of Rahman, the song doesn’t try to flee away from its true identity — a linear piece of music that’s easy on the ears.

Yes, because it is a Rahman composition, there are a few pleasant surprises hidden among the — simple to decipher — structure of the song. It starts off with a simple composition comprising flute, bass guitar, some strings and hints of percussion, which aren’t drowning out the melody. Before you have time to decode it any further, Arijit starts singing, and all logic suddenly gets thrown violently out of the window (with some grace…of course).

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This is far from difficult for Arijit Singh, as he very smoothly lands on the sounds provided by AR Rahman and lets it build up to the first chorus. We hear a slightly more defined bass guitar, which seems like the better choice than to just put a bass drum in the background. Violins take their cue perfectly and help Arijit get into an even higher gear. The singer hits the minor notes effortlessly, which provide the lyrics with that extra punch of emotion. Rahman knows what works for him, and he knows how to get the best out of Arijit, but this song’s best quality is its lyrics.

Some references to the freedom struggle and the people who fought for it might make more sense when you see the film, but lyricist Sameer Samant truly hits it out of the park. The lyrics are truly the greatest part of this song, as the same narrative could have been painted with so many different and easier choices. But every verse and chorus seems to be born out of a thesaurus of effective songwriting; it’s pure, honest and from the heart.

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