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Dhanush regales Kolkata on Christmas with ‘Kolaveri di’
Southern star Dhanush added to the Christmas celebrations in Kolkata when he performed his raging hit Why this kolaveri di to thousands of screaming fans Sunday. Dhanush and the song’s music director Anirudh Ravichander regaled the audience at City Center mall. The fans, both young and old, clearly couldn’t have enough as they kept chanting “once more” when Dhanush finished. He generously obliged. Dhanush is perhaps the first Indian celebrity whose song Kolaveri di has gone viral on YouTube, with over 20 million hits so far. The number is increasing by the day. The video for Kolaveri di was released online November 16. Its peppy tune as well as funky lyrics helped it go viral and get more than a million hits on YouTube within a day of its launch.
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Dhanush sings Why this Kolaveri ‘B’ for Big B!
Southern star Dhanush sang a tweaked version of his hit Tamil-English song Why this kolaveri di, dedicated to Amitabh Bachchan at an award function in Mumbai, leaving the megastar highly impressed. The event, the BIG Star Entertainment Awards, was held Sunday. Amitabh received two awards, and he was overwhelmed. “Oh dear me lots of things to say… just back from Big Star Entertainment Awards and… they gave me two awards… best actor in social role for ‘Aarakshan’ and the second for the Complete Entertainer of the year… I am blessed!!” Amitabh posted on micro-blogging site Twitter Sunday night. When Amitabh received the awards, Dhanush, son-in-law of movie icon Rajinikanth, stood up and sang a ‘Big B’ version of Kolaveri di. Amitabh described the moment through a tweet, saying: “And… when complete Entertainer announced, Dhanush sings live from audience, a ‘Kolaveri Di’ number, but words to suit the occasion!! Dhanush’s words were ‘Why this Kolaveri, Kolaveri, Kolaveri… B… big B… TRP’. Brilliant absolutely!! So lovable and so good!” The award function saw Bollywood’s who’s who.
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Akshay Kumar not interested in buying rights to ‘Kolaveri di’
The Desi Boyz actor refutes reports that he has bought the rights to the Tamil chartbuster
Why this kolaveri di has become an anthem of sorts and many unofficial spoofs, versions and spin-offs inspired by the original song are making the rounds on the Internet. An interesting speculation related to the song was also that Shahrukh Khan was interested in buying the rights of the Hindi version of the popular Tanglish song, but Akshay Kumar beat the Khan to it and got hold of the rights. But these reports have turned out to be a piece of somebody’s hyperactive imagination as Akshay Kumar rubbished these rumours in an interview with a daily. Click here to read moreKolaveri di: Over 20 million hits and still raring to go!
Dhanush’s Why this kolaveri di is on its way to attaining cult status in the online world
Southern star Dhanush is perhaps the first Indian celebrity whose song Why this kolaveri di has gone viral on YouTube with over 20 million hits so far. But the song is yet to make it as big as international hits Baby ft. Ludacris, On The Floor ft. Pitbull and Bad Romance. Nevertheless, Dhanush, son-in-law of matinee idol Rajinikanth, is overjoyed that the song is successfully “breaking language barrier”. “Yayyyyyy 20 million views for Kolaveri !! Pa pa papa pa pa papa!! God bless,” Dhanush posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. Click here to read more‘Star Ya Rockstar’ winner Manasi Parekh: I got tired of acting
Manasi Parekh was about to climb up on the table to do a spontaneous and naughty number, true rockstar ishtyle, when we pinned her down for an interview. The winner of Star ya Rockstar spoke to us from the highest point of cloud nine about defying rules, meeting Kolaveri di star Dhanush and being in love….
Manasi Parekh, the multifaceted rockstar, is an actor, singer, writer and also a good cook who loves to eat Burmese Khowsuey and compares her mom to the one from My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Maria Portokalos). While singing was always her first love, it took a backseat once she started acting. It was only when she grew tired of acting that she decided to go back to her songs. Click here to read moreWill Nevaan Nigam’s ‘Kolaveri di’ break Dhanush’s record?
The version of Why this kolaveri di by Sonu Niigaam’s son has crossed one million online hits
Dhanush’s Why this kolaveri di now can easily be awarded the song of the year. Sonu Niigaam’s son Nevaan joined Kolaveri di’s brigade recently and called his version the ‘Milk song’ as against the ‘Soup song’ of Dhanush. Nevaan has recorded the version in a very sweet way and generated over one million views in just three days! Dhanush, the original singer-lyricist of Kolaveri appreciated the little singer and wants to meet him. Click here to read moreWhy this Kolaveri a success? A case study!
BollywoodLife.com’s reader Karthik analyses the phenomenon called Why this Kolaveri di
Wondering what the whole fuss about Why this kolaveri di is all about? Kinda sick of reading about and listening to the various versions of the song? Just be a little more patient and read a case study painstakingly thought over and typed in by our reader Karthik.N. Trust us, after going through it, you will become a convert and start loving Kolaveri di (if you are one of the few haters, that is). Karthik goes on to explain why the song has worked. Not becoz of excellent viral marketing by Sony Music, but becoz of it’s simplicity, use of Taminglish and MTI (scroll below to know what it means). He has also written something in Tamil, which we couldn’t figure out. Tell us if you do! And do type in your views on his case study. Click here to read moreDhanush loves Nevaan Nigam’s ‘Kolaveri di’ version!
The actor-singer wants to meet Sonu Niigaam’s son Nevaan and also make a video with him!
Tamil star Dhanush’s chartbuster Why this kolaveri di is being loved by all, but he is highly impressed with the version sung by Sonu Niigaam’s four-year-old son, Nevaan. “Oh my god I’m in love with Nevaan’s version of ‘Kolaveri’. Great idea Sonu Niigaamji. It’s very touching and endearing. Hi 5 nevaan. God bless,” Dhanush posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. Neevan’s version of the song has some different lyrics, but his innocence in the video has been winning hearts ever since it went online. If Dhanush’s song was called ‘Soup Song’, Neevan calls his version ‘Milk Song’. After receiving Dhanush’s compliments, Sonu tweeted Click here to read more
