O Maa by Ishan Mitra

When Ishan Mitra recorded O Maa, something special happened in the studio — and listeners have felt it ever since. The music, composed by Amit-Ishan, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

The vocal on O Maa is among the better performances Ishan Mitra has committed to record. Jeet, Kaushani Mukherjee gave the film its soul, and O Maa is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

In 2019, Bengali produced many songs, but O Maa was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. There is no right time to listen to O Maa. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 4:39, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. O Maa has earned its place in the catalogue of Bengali music that genuinely matters. The listeners who found it early already knew.