Nupur Beje Jaye Rini Rini by Jayati Chakraborty

Nupur Beje Jaye Rini Rini arrived from the Nupur Beje Jaye Rini Rini album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2017. Santanu Basu's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The performance by Jayati Chakraborty is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. Featuring Pratik Sen, Rituparna Sengupta, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

By the end of 2017, Nupur Beje Jaye Rini Rini had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Whether it plays on a long drive, during a quiet evening at home, or through earphones on a crowded commute, the song meets the listener where they are.

Running to 2:10, 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.