Maanam by M. Jayachandran, Shreya Ghoshal

Few songs from 2024 have held their ground as well as Maanam, a track that keeps finding new audiences. M. Jayachandran has a history of strong work, and the music on Maanam is among the most memorable of it.

The performance by M. Jayachandran, Shreya Ghoshal is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Mohan Lal, Manju Warrier are at the heart of Maanam, and Maanam captures their dynamic at its most compelling.

In 2024, Malayalam produced many songs, but Maanam was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

The concision of Maanam — just 5:01 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Malayalam in recent memory — and the numbers agree.