Gua Ghia by Bunty R Samal, Asad Nizam

When Bunty R Samal, Asad Nizam recorded Gua Ghia, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. Credit goes to Bunty R Samal, Asad Nizam for a score that understands exactly what the song needs and nothing more.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Gua Ghia, Bunty R Samal, Asad Nizam clearly belongs in the second group. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Gua Ghia finds its musical expression here — Gua Ghia is where the film's heart beats loudest.

2021 marked the release of Gua Ghia, and Gua Ghia was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is no right time to listen to Gua Ghia. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

The 4:31 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 Odia in recent memory — and the numbers agree.