Car Culture by Laddi Chahal, Gurlej Akhtar, Parmish Verma

Some songs are made for a single moment. Car Culture is made for all of them. The arrangement here is the work of Laddi Chahal, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

The performance by Laddi Chahal, Gurlej Akhtar, Parmish Verma is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

2024 marked the release of Car Culture, and Car Culture was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Whether it plays on a long drive, during a quiet evening at home, or through earphones on a crowded commute, the song meets the listener where they are.

Running to 3:29, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.