Killer Kolaveri

Tamil song Why This Kolaveri Di has gone viral on the web with over 13.9 lakh YouTube hits.

Written by Rohan Swamy
November 23, 2011 03:13 AM IST

2 min read

White skin-u girl-u girl-u,Girl-u heart-u black-u Eyes-u eyes-u meet-u meet-u,My future dark. Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri di? Either these lines are being played and replayed on YouTube,or updated as Facebook statuses. This new song,officially released a week back,is part of Tamil film 3,directed by Aishwarya Dhanush,superstar Rajinikanths daughter. His son-in-law Dhanush has sung the song; he also stars in the film with Shruti Hassan. Ever since its launch,the song has gone viral on the web with over 13.9 lakh hits on YouTube already.

Why this Kolaveri Di is as simple as it is silly. Perhaps that is what has made the song a phenomenon, says Dhanush. The wacky lyrics stemmed from an impromptu jam session a couple of months ago. Dhanush entered the music studio,heard the catchy tune and,as he puts it,Took a mic and just started singing!

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The song details the story of youngsters who have been ill-treated in love. First-time music director of the movie,21-year-old Anirudh Ravichander,says,We have deliberately used the line I am sing song… soup song. Soup is slang in Tamil for boys who have been unlucky lovers. In fact,even now we do not have a lyrics sheet for the song,it was sung on the spot and we forgot to write it down! We knew that down South the song would be a hit but we never imagined it would scale so high.

Dhanush sang the song with just two breaks. We had to take those breaks because we were laughing uncontrollably, says Dhanush. The movie is being produced by Rajinikanths daughter,his son-in-law is singing the song and Kamal Hassans daughter is acting in it. How much bigger can it get? asks Ravichander.

The song has raised expectations for the album,scheduled to release in mid-December. Phones have been ringing non-stop and more than anything people are just laughing. There is a lot of pressure to ensure that the other songs of the film are as good, adds Ravichander.