Maa Go Tui by Somchanda Bhattacharya

Maa Go Tui is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. The music, composed by Bickram Ghosh, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Somchanda Bhattacharya inhabits this song completely, making every phrase feel like it was written specifically for this voice. The song is tied to Arjun Chakraborty, Ishaa, Abir Chatterjee, whose presence gives Maa Go Tui a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

2019 marked the release of Maa Go Tui, and Maa Go Tui was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The mood of the track shifts subtly as it progresses, giving even a single listen a sense of journey.

Running to 1:59, 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.