India, June 13 -- Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan spent the majority of his life in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, before he shifted to Thrissur for studies and Kerala for work in the film industry. After the Air India aeroplane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, the actor spoke to Manorama Online and recollected growing up near where it all happened. (Also Read: Vir Das defends Air India after plane crash in Ahmedabad: 'They are the best crew in the sky')

Mukundan stated in the interview that from childhood till 24 years of age, he spent his life in Maninagar, Ahmedabad. It's a few kilometres away from where the Air India flight crashed with 242 passengers on board.

Recalling that the crash site is close to where he played as a child, he said, "I have...