By the time Arijit Singh sang his way into the nation’s bloodstream, Bollywood had already changed. And now, with his step back from playback singing, it feels like it’s changing again — this time, without its most reliable emotional compass. For over a decade, Arijit wasn’t just a singer. He was a feeling. When scripts failed to explain love, heartbreak, longing, or quiet surrender, filmmakers reached for his voice the way you reach for a truth you can’t phrase yourself. Soft, aching, endlessly human — Arijit turned songs into confessions. Bollywood has always thrived on voices that define eras. Mukesh carried melancholy, Kishore Kumar embodied chaos and charm, Kumar Sanu romanticized the ’90s. Arijit, though, did something different. He made  vulnerability  mainstream. In an industry built on spectacle, he whispered — and everyone listened. His genius wasn’t just technical. It was emotional precision. Arijit could sound devastated without sounding dramatic, hopeful without s...