 She again teamed up with Trivedi for "Admissions Open" and Vishal-Shekhar for "Anjaana Anjaani".Though her previous releases during the year received mixed response from critics, "I Feel Good" and "Anjaana Anjaani" from the latter was positively received; Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama ascribed the "beauty of the songs" to Rao for holding fort and giving "good company" to her co-singers.She did playback for Bappi Lahiri in "Ankhiya Na Maar" of "Apartment" and performed two tracks for "Lahore"; Piyush Mishra's Sufi song "O Re Bande" and M.M.