Muraleeravam by Sujith Krishna

Muraleeravam arrived from the Muraleeravam album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2020. Sravan S has a history of strong work, and the music on Muraleeravam is among the most memorable of it.

The performance by Sujith Krishna is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. a talented ensemble cast gave the film its soul, and Muraleeravam is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

By the end of 2020, Muraleeravam had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The emotional register of Muraleeravam is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

Running to 4:37, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.