Premare Tora by Humane Sagar, Ananya Nanda

Few songs from 2023 have held their ground as well as Premare Tora, a track that keeps finding new audiences. Credit goes to Humane Sagar, Ananya Nanda, Sagar Pradhan for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Humane Sagar, Ananya Nanda delivers the lyrics with a nuance that turns an already strong song into something genuinely moving. For fans of a talented ensemble cast, Premare Tora is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

The song dates from 2023, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. There is no right time to listen to Premare Tora. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 4:33, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Odia in recent memory — and the numbers agree.