Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Recalls National Award and President’s Hug

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi is a singer who won a major Indian film music award.

She won for singing a song in the Malayalam film “Ajayante Randam Moshanam.”

She said she was surprised when she heard the news.

At the award ceremony, President Droupadi Murmu gave her the award and hugged her.

The audience clapped loudly, and Vijayalakshmi said she felt very happy.

She began learning Carnatic music when she was six.

She has sung in many languages and said she hopes to sing in Garhwali too.

She wants her film songs to help more people discover Carnatic music.