Jimikki Kammal is creating
waves of ecstasy the world over. I am infinitely happy that a song like
this has been composed by music director of the NewGen or NexGen and that it
has been included in a modern day cinema. And of course i am not surprised by the enthusiasm it has
generated across all generations and geographies.
Something going viral or generating a
million likes in no time is the order of the day. But the history Jimikki Kammal has scripted needs
special mention and analysis too. I have always been against meaningless, hollow talks of “modernity”. There are
certain things in nature that cannot ever change. I am sure that human beings have not changed
basically during the past five thousand years at least. Then what do you mean
when you say the modern man? Aren’t you talking about the changing attires or fashion at
the lowest level an scientific or technological advancements at the highest
levels? These are bound to change, but the apparent change is only a
consequence of the thought process that developed in humans long ago. The by-products of the never changing process called the thought
or the rate of their generation might have changed. The most fundamental
process of intellectual thinking remains the same. Viewing modernity synonymous
to the chronologically latest is absurd. Because this definition will make
Plato and Aristotle primitive beings. My belief against the popular perceptions
of modernity grows beyond all proportions when I see the success stories of the Jimmikki Kammal kind. Let me explain. Jimikki Kammal is not an
entirely new song. It has a folk
genesis. Of course, the lyricist and the music director could “cut and polish”
with their genius. In fact genius is all about identifying, comprehending and
decoding the unfathomable mysteries of nature and making them “visible” to the “lesser”
ones. Thus the seven notes, the most marvelous thing that had happened to
mankind, might have been “mined out” from the cosmos by a genius at some time. Or it might be the result of the meditations
and thoughts of a string of geniuses at different points in time and in all
probability these points might be separated by
centuries. This “mining” remains
as “modern” as ever. The seven notes cannot ever change. Again the “Thalam” is
there in the nature whether one experiences it or not. The human mind resonates
only with this “Thalam”. The creators of Jimikki Kammal did just one thing, in
fact the most crucial thing. They brought the “Thalam” out of the human chromosome and
made it audible even to the ordinary ear through some very ordinary lyrics. No wonder it resonated the way it
did. You cannot create anything outside the nature and expect resonance. This
is the reason why I am still optimistic of pure, serene music making a come
back. Jimikki Kammal is a good omen.
