Tomake Male by Arko

Tomake Male arrived from the Tomake Male album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2019. Behind the melody is the work of Arko, whose composition choices give Tomake Male its distinctive texture.

Every line Arko sings feels considered, as though the performance was thought through long before recording began. Featuring Ritwick Chakraborty, Subhashree Ganguly, the song carries the weight of the film's emotional arc and delivers it with conviction.

By the end of 2019, Tomake Male had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Listeners have described the experience of Tomake Male differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

At 2:56, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Bengali in recent memory — and the numbers agree.