Breakup by Manisha Sharma

Breakup works because it does not try to do too much — it finds one feeling and holds it perfectly. Credit goes to Prince Pandit Ban for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Every line Manisha Sharma sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Breakup finds its musical expression here — Breakup is where the film's heart beats loudest.

By the end of 2021, Breakup had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. There is a quality to Breakup that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

The 3:02 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.