Jimmiki Kamal composer Shaan Rahman reacts to the song vanishing from Youtube

PUBLISHED DATE : 07/Jul/2018

Jimmiki Kamal composer Shaan Rahman reacts to the song vanishing from Youtube

 

In case you missed it, the famous Malayalam song Jimmiki Kamal which was a song sensation of 2017 was removed from Youtube over a copyright dispute. Apparently, this peppy number from the Mohanlal-starrer Velipadinte Pusthakam was taken down, after a private television channel that bought the digital rights of the movie, objected to the song being live in a channel other than theirs. This compelled the original up-loaders (a video-sharing website) to delete the video from their site, which had till then created history by reaching 80 million views on Youtube.

Shaan Rahman, composer of the song has now reacted to this whole incident and has termed it as 'not a copyright issue'. He has said that this song was a product of the Malayalam Film industry and if the Malayalis involved in buying or selling this song themselves found fit to undermine its value, by removing it off Youtube then he couldn't do anything about it. He has also maintained that it is not the number of Youtube views that lead him to make such a statement and pointed out that his other composition Maanikya Malaraaya Poovi could easily take Jimmi Kammal's place. 

Read his full statement here:

Dear friends, everyone has been asking me to comment about the disappearance of the video of Jimikki Kammal. It was close to 80 millions views. Or may be above. Not sure. By now you’ve all must’ve understood that it was taken down because of a copyright issue. The channel who bought the rights of the movie took it down. So here’s my statement...

Jimikki Kammal, if it was still there right now, would’ve been the highest viewed Malayalam song or video in the history of Malayalam Cinema or Malayalam Entertainment. And if people who sold it/bought it and who’re part of the same Industry, saw it as just part of a “business deal” to take down the song which had received world wide love and appreciation, then might as well let it happen. It wasn’t about numbers anyway. Maanikya Malaraaya Poovi is there at 74 million and it’s moving faster than Jimikki. It’ll reach Jimikki’s 80 Mil in no time. That’s not the issue here. Just that Jimikki Kammal was a proud product of a Malayalee that the world danced to. The world celebrated to a Malayalam song. The whole of India danced to a Malayalam song. And if Malayalees themselves don’t understand the value of it and saw it just as another video to sell/buy, then ..I don’t know... Anyways, Jimikki Kammal had an amazing run and it’ll remain close to me and all of us. You can only take the video off Youtube. Not from beating hearts.

That’s my statement dear friends. Love you all

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