Jolporir Gaan by Biyas Sarkar

Not every song from Jolporir Gaan lingers, but Jolporir Gaan is the one that stays. What makes Jolporir Gaan musically distinctive is the composition by Mayookh Bhaumik, which balances simplicity with depth.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Jolporir Gaan, Biyas Sarkar clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Rajatava Dutta Roni, Bibriti Chatterjee, Rishav Basu, Debleena Dutt, Tathagata Mukherjee in Jolporir Gaan finds its musical expression here — Jolporir Gaan is where the film's heart beats loudest.

By the end of 2022, Jolporir Gaan had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. It is the kind of track that works at full volume with friends and equally well in a quiet room alone — the mood adjusts without the song changing.

At 3:31, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.