"Entammede Jimikki Kammal" | ||||
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Song by Vineeth Sreenivasan Ranjith Unni | ||||
from the album Velipadinte Pusthakam | ||||
Language | Malayalam | |||
Released | 16 August 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
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Genre | Filmi | |||
Length | 3:21 | |||
Label | Satyam Audios | |||
Composer(s) | Shaan Rahman | |||
Lyricist(s) | Anil Panachooran | |||
Shaan Rahman chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Entammede Jimikki Kammal" on YouTube |
"Entammede Jimikki Kammal", or simply "Jimikki Kammal", is a 2017 song from the soundtrack of the Malayalam film Velipadinte Pusthakam (2017). [1] The song is composed by Shaan Rahman and sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan and Ranjith Unni. [2] Taken from various folk songs, "Jimikki Kammal" is written by Anil Panachooran. The song became popular and produced several dance covers uploaded by fans on YouTube. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Benny P. Nayarambalam, script writer of Velipadinte Pusthakam , suggested music director Shaan first four lines of the "Jimmikki Kammal" and requested him to compose a similar song. However, Benny was reluctant to use the same lines. Later, lyricist Anil Panachooran and Shaan decided to use the same lines and director Lal Jose agreed to it. [7]
The song was released as a promo video for the film on 17 August 2017. Instantly, the song became a hit and several dance video covers appeared in YouTube and Facebook. [8] And several among these became viral
The most popular dance video was done by a group of teachers and students from Indian School of Commerce, Kochi. [9] [10] This dance video and the two lead dancers, Sheril G Kadavan and Anna George rose into fame. Sheril got offers to act in films. [11] [12] Later News Corp bagged the rights to stream this video globally. [13]
A dance cover by Nicole and Sonal from team Naach from Mumbai also became popular. Actor-producer Vijay Babu informed that they will do a dance performance in his production Aadu 2 . [14] Another popular video was uploaded by the makers of the film Aadhi . Pranav Mohanlal, Anusree, Aditi Ravi and Linta Jeethu were the dancers in this one. [15]
American actor and television host Jimmy Kimmel tweeted about the song saying that he loved it. [16]
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