There is a new song in town this season, a new upbeat number to tap your feet along. The song ‘Sunnath Kalyanam’ from Aana Alaralodalaral is a sensory overload in every way. Energetic vocals, clubbed with splendid visuals, have made it quite an interesting watch for everyone. Mithun Jayaraj, is enjoying all the attention the song has garnered, simply because he has lend his voice for the song along with singer Gowry Lekshmi.
Speaking about how he got the song, Mithun says, “Well, it so happened that Shaan ikka (Shaan Rahman) sent me the song and asked me just to listen to it and tell him how it sounds. I thought he had sent it to me to give me an insight into the project that I might be working on with him. So I listened and said I liked it. The next thing he asked me was to record it in my voice and send it back to him. I guess, he liked it and said he wanted to go ahead with my voice in the song,” he says with a smile.
Mithun, who is a sound engineer as well as singer, has worked with all the leading music directors of the Malayalam film industry. “I first sang for the movie Maharaja Talkies, then went onto to sing for Salala Mobiles, Urumbukal Urangarilla, Puthiya Niyamam, Jomonte Suvishesham and the latest one is the song 'Roshomon' from Solo. When it comes to the technical part, I have had the great luck of working with all the major musicians, including the late musician Rajamony, under whom I worked as an assistant.” Mithun is also donning the hat of a music composer along with singer Sithara Krishnakumar for the movie Udalazham.
“And for this movie I got a chance to work with Bijibal, who is singing in the movie,” he reveals. Mithun’s tryst with music began when he was just four years old. “I started learning music at that age. Later on, went to learn under V. Dakshinamoorthy Swami, when I was in class VIII. I was his student until he passed away, after which I went ahead to pursue MA in music from RLV College of Music and Fine Arts,” he says. “I consider myself very lucky to have got the chance to work with so many great musicians. I’ve learned so much from each of them. All these musicians, all of them have different working styles but no matter how much ever work they have, they see to it that it is delivered on time. We never deliberately pick our gurus. Our destiny takes us there.”
