Kantha

We used to listen to Kantha soon after our marriage. It was on our playlist. We used to also listen to this song along with Aalayal Thara Venam also by Masala Coffee.

The song went off our playlist for a while as the kinds of songs we heard changed over the years. The Hindi-speaking world was introduced to this song in 2021 through the Dice media series, Little Things in Season 4.

The recent resurgence of the song on Instagram was with a viral dance video nicely choreogragraphed by Alexander Noel. There are various spin-off versions of the dance steps you would have seen on your Instagram feed (if you’re addicted).

This spurned some interesting videos that went beyond the dance moves and into the meaning of the song like the one you see below.

It’s always great when things that you enjoyed listening to surfaces again and gains something of a cult status.