A YouTube channel dedicated to rarely-heard Malayalam songs of yore
The Hindu
The channel ‘Ammini, Kingini & Appuppan/Me’ has videos by K Bhaskaran Unnithan and his grandchildren, Sudakshina S and Janaki S
‘Ammini, Kingini & Appuppan/Me’ is a YouTube channel dedicated to rarely-heard Malayalam light music, drama and film songs. The songs are sung by seven-year-old Janaki, a.k.a Kingini, her elder sister, 10-year-old Sudakshina S, a.k.a Ammini, and their maternal grandfather, K Bhaskaran Unnithan.
Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya at Pangode in Thiruvananthapuram, they are daughters of Sangeetha Unnithan, an employee with Toonz Media Group, and CP Sreeharshan, a mediaperson.
Unnithan says he had been looking for an avenue to popularise these songs since he wanted the new generation to listen to them. That was when lockdown happened and he got to spend time with his grandchildren. “I felt that getting them to sing the songs would be fun. We did a trial recording. They enjoyed the process and, eventually, the channel was born,” says Unnithan.
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