Thanananana Penne by Sooraj Santhosh, Sruthy Sivadas, Shaan Rahman

Thanananana Penne is the kind of song that earns its place in a playlist and then refuses to leave. Shaan Rahman's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Thanananana Penne, Sooraj Santhosh, Sruthy Sivadas, Shaan Rahman clearly belongs in the second group. a talented ensemble cast gave the film its soul, and Thanananana Penne is the song that most directly channels that feeling into music.

In 2019, Malayalam produced many songs, but Thanananana Penne was one of the handful that genuinely cut through. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

In 2:47 minutes, Thanananana Penne builds, opens up, and resolves in a way that feels complete rather than truncated. The track stands as evidence that Sooraj Santhosh, Sruthy Sivadas, Shaan Rahman and Shaan Rahman, working together, are capable of something well above the ordinary.