Kichu Nosto Bikale by Timir Biswas

The Kichu Nosto Bikale album has several strong tracks, but Kichu Nosto Bikale is the one most listeners come back to first. Pranjal Das sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

The voice of Timir Biswas carries Kichu Nosto Bikale effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. For fans of Ishaa Saha, Ritwick Chakraborty, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Dolon Roy, Kichu Nosto Bikale is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

In 2019, Bengali produced many songs, but Kichu Nosto Bikale was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. There is a quality to Kichu Nosto Bikale that makes it feel like company — the kind of song you put on when words feel insufficient.

Running to 1:43, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.