Pontharangal by Anwar Chethana

Pontharangal arrived from the Pontharangal album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2026. Behind the melody is the work of Anwar Chethana, Ravi K. Puram, whose composition choices give Pontharangal its distinctive texture.

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

The 2026 release gave fans something to hold onto — a track built for repeated listening rather than a single play. Some music is background. Pontharangal demands attention — not aggressively, but in the way a good conversation does.

Running to 4:15, 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 Malayalam in recent memory — and the numbers agree.