Kizhakkupookkum by Gopi Sunder, Shreya Ghoshal, Raqueeb Alam, Navin Iyer, Rafeeq Ahamed

Kizhakkupookkum is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Gopi Sunder built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

Gopi Sunder, Shreya Ghoshal, Raqueeb Alam, Navin Iyer, Rafeeq Ahamed's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The connection between Prithviraj Sukumaran, Mamta Mohandas and this song is part of what makes it resonate beyond the film itself.

By the end of 2026, Kizhakkupookkum had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The emotional register of Kizhakkupookkum is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Kizhakkupookkum — just 5:07 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Malayalam in recent memory — and the numbers agree.