Thammar Boyfriend Title Track by Kinjal Chattopadhyay

Some songs are made for a single moment. Thammar Boyfriend Title Track is made for all of them. Dolaan Mainnakk's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The voice of Kinjal Chattopadhyay carries Thammar Boyfriend Title Track effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. On screen, Abir Chatterjee, Arunima Ghosh, Sabitri Chatterjee bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2016 was a strong year for Bengali music, and Thammar Boyfriend Title Track was among the reasons why. Listeners have described the experience of Thammar Boyfriend Title Track differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

In 3:32 minutes, Thammar Boyfriend Title Track builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.