Karalinte Karal by Anas Alappuzha

There is an honesty to Karalinte Karal that separates it from most Malayalam songs released around the same time. The music, composed by Anas Alappuzha, Noushad Baqavi, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Anas Alappuzha's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. Featuring a talented ensemble cast, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

In 2020, Malayalam produced many songs, but Karalinte Karal was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. Some music is background. Karalinte Karal demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

At 5:28, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.