Tera Kaise Karu Main Yakeen by Soma Mukherjee

Soma Mukherjee has delivered memorable performances before, but Tera Kaise Karu Main Yakeen sits comfortably among the very best. Behind the melody is the work of Akshya Mohanty, whose composition choices give Tera Kaise Karu Main Yakeen its distinctive texture.

Soma Mukherjee'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 Tera Kaise Karu Main Yakeen, making it as much a performance as a song.

By the end of 2020, Tera Kaise Karu Main Yakeen had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

Running to 3:58, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.