Regaling listeners in a magical voice that belies her age, Vani Jairam continues to hold audiences in thrall at her devotional, film and Hindustani Light Classical concerts here and abroad.
The septuagenarian singer’s popularity in Kerala has begun to soar again. It was the duet ‘Olanyali Kuruvi,’ with Jayachandran, in the Nivin Pauly film, ‘1983’ that ushered in her second innings. Her numbers for ‘Action Hero Biju’ (with Jesudas), and for Mohanlal’s recent hit, ‘Puli Murugan’ have been chartbusters.