Shylaja Krishnan and Abhijith Radhakrishnan are not your usual mother-son duo. They upend most mother-son tropes in mainstream media. Shylaja, a homemaker, does not labour under the burden of being the perfect mom; she pulls her son’s leg every so often and is always ready to tackle Abhijith’s equally humorous repartee.
Candid, spontaneous and outrageously funny, this mother and son are among Instagram’s favourite people (@abhii.krish with over 2,45,000 followers). The first reel Abhijith posted featuring his mother, seven months ago, went viral (2,26, 438 likes) within hours. “It was totally unexpected and we were delighted to say the least,” says Abhijith, who holds an MBA degree, but is a full-time content creator. Since the first super hit video featuring his mother, Abhijith stuck to the winning formula. He calls Shylaja #thuglife, who was apprehensive to act at first, but is now “slaying it”. “We are a close knit family. Amma and I share a close bond; we are not formal with each other,” he says. “Though we plan the content and shoot, we often joke that if we left the camera on, we would get better content,” laughs Abhijith.
