Valsalya by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, P. V. Anil Kumar, Babuji, Sudeep Kumar

Valsalya arrived from the Valsalya album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2020. Babuji, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, P. V. Anil Kumar, Sudeep Kumar's arrangement gives the track a layered quality that rewards repeated listening.

The voice of Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, P. V. Anil Kumar, Babuji, Sudeep Kumar carries Valsalya effortlessly, which is the highest compliment a song can give its singer. The connection between a talented ensemble cast and this song is part of what makes it resonate beyond the film itself.

By the end of 2020, Valsalya had moved well beyond its original audience and into everyday playlists. Listeners have described the experience of Valsalya differently — romantic, melancholic, uplifting — which suggests the song is large enough to hold many truths.

The 5:20 runtime feels perfectly judged — long enough to develop its ideas, short enough to compel a second play. It is, at the end of it, a very good song — and sometimes that is the only explanation that matters.