Routine by Rakhi Dutta, Sujoy Bhowmik, Rupsha Dutta, Partha, Aritra, Sohom

Released as part of Routine, Routine announced itself as a standout the moment it reached listeners. The music, composed by D. Sudhir, Rajiv Dutta, carries the song forward with a confidence that matches the performance.

Rakhi Dutta, Sujoy Bhowmik, Rupsha Dutta, Partha, Aritra, Sohom's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. The story told by a talented ensemble cast in Routine finds its musical expression here — Routine is where the film's heart beats loudest.

The song dates from 2017, but nothing about it sounds dated — the emotions it captures are not tied to a moment. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

The concision of Routine — just 5:26 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.