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In an interview with IndiaToday.in, Jainil Bathyal, the Gulabi Aankhen kid and his father Girish opened up about life after the super viral video. The father-son duo also talked about future plans.
It is 2016 and you wake up one morning to check your phone and, most importantly, social media. You take the phone in your hands and the entire social media is brimming with just a plethora of videos and content. You stumble upon one such clip of a cute little boy crooning the famous song Gulabi Aankhen, dressed in his school uniform and you are completely enamoured. And the next thing you know, the video has blown up on the internet and that toddler is a sensation.
WHO IS THE LITTLE BOY WHO SANG GULABI AANKHEN?
Yes, we are talking about none other than Jainil Bathyal, the 3-year-old kid, who sang Gulabi Aankhen dressed in his school uniform and his video took the internet by storm. He stole the hearts of many with his adorable voice. However, he is all grown up now and has several videos of himself crooning popular Bollywood songs to his credit. The 9-year-old has over 27k followers on Instagram and clips of himself singing famous tracks melodiously still go viral in no time.
In an interview with IndiaToday.in, Jainil and his father Girish Bathyal opened up about his journey after the viral Gulabi Aankhen video and his Bollywood plans.
Here are some excerpts from the interview:
On being asked about how he felt after his son's video went insanely viral, Girish Bathyal said, "We were not in Delhi but in our village in Uttarakhand. One of my cousins tagged me on a video on social media and I saw Jainil (who is fondly called Joy by his parents) in it. At that time, the clip only had around 10k views but it was still a big deal for us. We were all very happy. After 2-3 days, the views went up to 5 lakh and the clip also started circulating on Whatsapp. We were all very excited. However, the video got deleted from the page as the school didn't allow it. We were all extremely disappointed but soon found out that it had already gone so viral that it appeared on multiple sources."
"Joy was always fond of singing. My wife and I sing a little bit and I also know how to play the guitar. Joy always listened to it and used to even croon while playing. We also went to a reality show with Joy in 2019 and he sang for a while with Shaan on stage," he added.
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