Orunaad by Anoop Chandran, Abhijith Kollam, Sudheesh Mathradan, Shiji Binu

Some songs are made for a single moment. Orunaad is made for all of them. Behind the melody is the work of Manjith Suman, whose composition choices give Orunaad its distinctive texture.

Anoop Chandran, Abhijith Kollam, Sudheesh Mathradan, Shiji Binu's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The chemistry of a talented ensemble cast is embedded in every moment of Orunaad, making it as much a performance as a song.

2020 marked the release of Orunaad, and Orunaad 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.

In 4:41 minutes, Orunaad builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.