Exclusive: ‘Lama Lama’ song is our own version of ‘Mappila Ramayanam’, says Vishnu Sivasankar

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By Arjun Ramachandran

26/07/2023

Music has always been a passion for Vishnu Sivasankar who recently worked for Bhagavan Dasante Ramarajyam, a movie that spoke strongly about the hate politics in the “new India”.

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This is the second film for the musician who debuted with Poomaram (2018). The political satire narrates the story of a village against the backdrop of a music drama.

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About his musical training, Vishnu Sivasankar says, “I wanted to study rooted music and hence I learnt vocals in Carnatic Indian Classical and Piano in Western Classical.”

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While pursuing his musical career, Vishnu Sivasankar also did background music for dramas and short films.

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According to Vishnu Sivasankar, the song “Lama Lama” in the film is their version of Mappila Ramayanam. Sooraj Santosh sang the track.

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“There is a particular genre known as funk and I wanted to make it retro funky. Though the story is based in a village in Palakkad, the music has contemporary aspects,” he explains.

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In the case of Mappila Ramayana and the poem in Bhagavan Dasante Ramarajyam, lyrics were written first and music was composed later.

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Visnhu is planning to move to Chennai to learn more about music. “In Chennai, there are more opportunities for independent musicians. I want to explore music,” he signed off.

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