ज़हर थूकती रहती हूँ

Manan Bhardwaj — who writes, composes and sings this track — has built a career on this kind of unguarded self-portrait. 'Zeher Thookti Rehti Hun' is in the same emotional territory as his celebrated Saali Mohabbat compositions: raw, folk-influenced, with a voice that seems to be working something out in real time rather than delivering a polished product.

The title's grammatical gender is feminine — 'rehti hun' (I, a woman, keep doing) — creating an interesting gendered space where Bhardwaj inhabits a female perspective to voice bitterness. This is a recurring technique in his writing: giving voice to emotional states regardless of assigned gender.

Released 14 November 2025 on the Nishaanchi Part 2 soundtrack. Manan Bhardwaj's singular position in contemporary Hindi music — singer-composer-lyricist across multiple films — is confirmed by his contributions to both this album and the Saali Mohabbat soundtrack, released in the same month.

Manan Bhardwaj has emerged as one of the most distinctive voice-composer-lyricist packages in 2020s Hindi cinema — comparable in his triple-threat role to the singer-composers of a previous generation. 'Zeher Thookti Rehti Hun' is a characteristic example of his unsparing emotional honesty.