G Venugopal is a singer who have gifted Malayalis with sweet songs like Onnam ragampadi, Chandanamani vathil, Unarumee Ganam, Thane poovittamoham and Etho varmukilin…

His unique and melodic voice make him stand out from other singers. In the midst of his career, he was unexpectedly struck down by bad times – it was kind of a nightmarish phase in his life.

It was a horrific phase in his life when he cancelled many programmes and when he didn’t attend even his friends’ phone calls. Though Venu never wishes to recall that struggling period in his life, he shared it to media recently.

“I can’t even think about it. Hiding from people, not talking to anyone, not attending phone, cancel programmes…very struggling. I thought everything ended and I won’t be able to make a comeback. I was totally exhausted. Two three ganamelas also flopped. At that time, Jayettan’ (singer P Jayachandran) called me up. I told him that I could not talk. He consoled me… he told me that he knew about it. He asked me to offer a silver flute to Lord Guruvayurappa. He asked me not to tell anyone about it and go to Guruvayur. I then had the feeling of a singer coming out of the radio and embracing me, while I’m listening to his song” Venugopal said in an interview given to a magazine.