| Entammede Jimikki Kammal | |
| Type: | Song |
| Artist: | Vineeth Sreenivasan Ranjith Unni |
| Album: | Velipadinte Pusthakam |
| Language: | Malayalam |
| Recorded: | 2017 |
| Genre: | Filmi |
| Length: | 3:21 |
| Label: | Satyam Audios |
| Composer: | Shaan Rahman |
| Lyricist: | Anil Panachooran |
| Chronology: | Shaan Rahman |
| Prev Title: | Meda Meeda Abbayi |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Goodalochana |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
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. But 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 got viral status.
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 instantly. And Sheril even got offers to act in films.[11] [12] Later News Corp bagged the rights to stream this video globally.[13]
Dance cover by Nicole and Sonal from team Naach from Mumbai also became popular. Actor-producer Vijay Babu informed that Sonal and Nichole will do a dance performance in his upcoming 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]
According to Deccan Chronicle, the Song is being included in Kaatrin Mozhi, the Tamil remake of Tumhari Sulu.[17]