OK Malayalees by Vineeth Sreenivasan

Some songs are made for a single moment. OK Malayalees is made for all of them. The production by Sreekumar Sasidharan, Jins Gopinath is understated in the best way — supportive without overshadowing the vocal.

The performance by Vineeth Sreenivasan is the centrepiece here — controlled where it needs to be, open where it counts. For fans of a talented ensemble cast, OK Malayalees is one of those songs that immediately conjures specific scenes and emotions.

2020 marked the release of OK Malayalees, and OK Malayalees was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is no right time to listen to OK Malayalees. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 3:36, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Years from now, OK Malayalees will still be the track that plays at the right moment and lands exactly as it did the first time.