A song instead of a crore: How IT professional Santhosh AS landed a song in Suresh Gopi film

Santhosh AS dreamt of singing in a film, his dream came true thanks to the Malayalam game show ‘Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran’

One of the questions in the questionnaire handed to participants of ‘Ningalkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran’, the Malayalam version of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, was what would they like to ask show host Suresh Gopi. School teacher Sangeetha NC’s answer: “I want to ask him for a chance for my husband, Santhosh AS, to sing in films. Entering the contest was never about getting to the ‘hot seat’. It was to get a chance for my husband to sing in a film,” she says.

Her wish did come true finally. Her husband has sung the ‘Karmekham moodunu…’ track for Malayalam film Kaaval, which was recently released on YouTube.

“It has been my husband’s long time dream to sing in a film but he has never got a chance despite trying hard and meeting music directors. With ‘Ningalkum…’ I thought we would be able to meet Suresh chettan and ask him if he could help us,” says Sangeetha, over the phone from Thiruvananthapuram.