Ananthasneham by Unni Menon

Few songs from 2020 have held their ground as well as Ananthasneham, a track that keeps finding new audiences. The production by Joji Johns is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

Unni Menon understood what this song required and delivered it without excess — the restraint itself becomes the emotion. The connection between a talented ensemble cast and this song is part of what makes it resonate beyond the film itself.

In 2020, Malayalam produced many songs, but Ananthasneham was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. Listeners have described the experience of Ananthasneham differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 4:51 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Malayalam in recent memory — and the numbers agree.