New Delhi, March 6 -- There isn't anything Arijit Singh can't sing. Give him a ghazal, and he will make it sigh. Or a Mohammed Rafi-singing-for-Shammi-Kapoor pastiche, where he will channel old-school playback. He will do western pop inflections that feel like a breeze. He will, of course, nail those weepies that he's synonymous with. But he will also lay bare his voice, with its grains and cracks and other imperfections, in haunted Vishal Bhardwaj compositions. He will do amusing vocal stunts in a faux-Arabic tune for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Arijit Singh is India's No.1 singer for a reason.

It's a historic run in Hindi film playback-supersized, unrivalled. Every era of playback has its superstars-voices that sang the most songs, for the ...