Chal Shuru Action by Sidhu, Upal, Soumitra, Anindya Chattopadhyay

Sidhu, Upal, Soumitra, Anindya Chattopadhyay has delivered memorable performances before, but Chal Shuru Action sits comfortably among the very best. Anindya Chattopadhyay built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Chal Shuru Action, Sidhu, Upal, Soumitra, Anindya Chattopadhyay clearly belongs in the second group. Samadarshi Dutta, Sourav Das, Iman Chakraborty, Paran Bandopadhyay, Sayan Ghosh, Krishna Banerjee, Saheb, Lama Halder, Saayoni Ghosh, Aparajita Adhya gave the film its soul, and Chal Shuru Action is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

The song dates from 2018, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. The emotional register of Chal Shuru Action is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

Running to 3:16, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Chal Shuru Action endures because it was built on feeling rather than formula — and that is the one thing streaming numbers cannot manufacture.