Entammede Jimikki Kammal, or simply Jimikki Kammal, is a 2017 song from the soundtrack of the Malayalam film ''

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'' (2017). The song is composed by

Shaan Rahman Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam cinema. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny Antony. He g ...

and sung by

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and Ranjith Unni. Taken from various folk songs, "Jimikki Kammal" is written by

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. The song became popular and produced several dance covers uploaded by fans on

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Development

Benny P. Nayarambalam, script writer of

, 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

and Shaan decided to use the same lines and director

Lal Jose Lal Jose is an Indian director, actor, producer and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as an Assistant director in the Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was with the 1998 film ''Oru Maravathoor ...

agreed to it.

Release and reception

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

and

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. 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. 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. Later News Corp bagged the rights to stream this video globally. Dance cover by Nicole and Sonal from team Naach from Mumbai also became popular. Actor-producer

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informed that Sonal and Nichole will do a dance performance in his upcoming production

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. Another popular video was uploaded by the makers of the film ''

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''.

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and Linta Jeethu were the dancers in this one. American actor and television host

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tweeted about the song saying that he loved it. According to Deccan Chronicle, the Song is being included in

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, the Tamil remake of

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References

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