Chan Kitthan by Ayushmann Khurrana

Chan Kitthan arrived from the Chan Kitthan album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2018. Credit goes to Rochak Kohli for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

Ayushmann Khurrana inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. For fans of Ayushmann Khurrana, Pranitha Subhash, Chan Kitthan is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2018 marked the release of Chan Kitthan, and Chan Kitthan was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. Listeners have described the experience of Chan Kitthan differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 4:29 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 Punjabi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.