Football-cricket commentator Shaiju Damodaran, for whom the phrase just means ‘excellent’! Shaiju was a sports journalist who has turned to a sports commentator. His hilarious live narration of events even give tough competition to Shankar Mahadevan’s famous Indipop music album ‘Breathless’.
The man literally makes the sports commentary more alive. His commentary style includes punchy dialogues. He explains the game, statistics during the commentary. More than that he is conveying to the listeners the fervour inside the stadium during the match.
Shaiju work as the Malayalam commentator for the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia broadcast on a national channel. Shaiju's skills have impressed even Anand Mahindra, managing director of Mahindra and Mahindra, who owned the now-defunct Mahindra United Football Club.
Anand Mahindra even tweeted for Shaiju. He tweeted,“I’m switching to this commentary in Malayalam. No, I don’t understand the language, but I don’t need to. These guys are so pumped up that they make English and Hindi commentators sound tame!”
Many people even criticised Shaiju for his work, but the sports commentator always take it sportingly. He says “I have seen most of them and I respect the positive and negative trolls because for me life is fun”.
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