Govind Padmasoorya on his début as a singer
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“Did you actually do it?” Actor-anchor Govind Padmasoorya has been listening to this query ever since he launched his single, ‘Nirmana’. “I have never shared this side of me on any platform and so every one is surprised. The response has been overwhelming,” says Govind, recognized as GP within the movie trade. With appreciation coming in from colleagues, musicians and mates, he’s on cloud 9.
Trained in Carnatic music throughout his faculty days, GP says that music took a backseat as soon as he began focusing on his research, performing and anchoring. “Even when my father kept telling me to practise, I was not keen about it,” he says.
The pandemic-induced lockdown modified his thoughts. “After the success of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, my début Telugu film, I got a lot of offers from Telugu. I was all set to stay back in Hyderabad for a year. But COVID-19 brought everything to a standstill and I had nothing to do but stay at home in Pattambi!”
The set off to return to music have been a few of his on-line periods with Malayalis in Australia and Italy throughout the lockdown. “I asked them to make the best of the phase and revive some artistic activity they had given up. That’s when I felt that I also should do the same. Thus music was back in my life,” he says.
Govind Padmasoorya in a nonetheless from the music video ‘Nirmana’
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It was a coincidence that composer Sudeep Palanad, his “good friend”, got here to find out about his determination. “He had called me up for a phone number and asked me what I was doing at home. When I told him that I was doing ‘saadhakam’ (music practice), he laughed, thinking that I was joking. But, eventually, when he knew about my music background, he suggested that we should work together. That’s how ‘Nirmana’ happened. The process was not easy. The scale was high and so I had a two-week training session to get the right pitch. What helped was that Sudeep composed it in my favourite ragas, Jog and Natta,” he says.
Sudeep Palanad is thought for the monitor ‘Alhamdulillah’ from Sufiyum Sujathayum and several other soulful impartial music productions such as ‘Baale’, ‘Charulatha’ and ‘Manumalayalam’, amongst others.
The video is a reflection on the occasions we dwell in. “We all have been in a pupa stage during the lockdown. However, it was also a phase for most of us to explore and learn new things. Now is the time to come out as a butterfly. In my case, it has been learning music and making ‘Nirmana’. Also, I devoted more time to my YouTube channel and started vlogging,” he explains.
Looking again at his roller-coaster journey within the trade, GP says that he has at all times been fortunate to begin with good tasks. “I started my acting career with Adayalangal, which won five Kerala state film awards. My début projects in Tamil (Kee) and Telugu also were appreciated. So, I am happy to have started off my music career with a superb project. I know that it is not going to be viral. But I feel proud to have done it. Music is definitely going to be an integral part of my career from now on,” he indicators off.
‘Nirmana’ is directed by Aravind Venugopal with whom GP runs an advert company, LotusRays Studios.
The tune is offered on YouTube.
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