Ushasukal by Vindhya Sivadas

Few songs from 2020 have held their ground as well as Ushasukal, a track that keeps finding new audiences. The arrangement here is the work of P G Noushad, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

Vindhya Sivadas'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 Ushasukal, making it as much a performance as a song.

In 2020, Malayalam produced many songs, but Ushasukal 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.

At 4:33, the track does not overstay its welcome — it says what it needs to say and leaves the listener wanting more. Songs like Ushasukal are the reason people fall in love with Malayalam music and never quite fall out of it.