Why This Kolaveri Di Song

The track entitled "Why this Kolaveri Di" is from the movie "Three" or 3 which is posed to be released in 2012. The music video was leaked out just a few days ago and has become a major hit in the internet word. On video sharing sites, number of hits are nearly approaching 2 million which is very large indeed considered that the video is only a few days old. In addition, many on Facebook and other social networking sites are sharing the video. Even the lyrics have become very popular as some are even tweeting and sending SMS messages to their friends taken the music track.

"Why this Kolaveri Di" means, "why this murderous rage, girl", is a song sung by the actor Dhanush who also happens to be the son-in-law of the Tamil legend Rajnikant. The video shows that he is recording this song and other personalities such as the director of the movie Aishwarya Dhanush and producer Shruti Haasan giving tips. According to the music directors, the tune was composed within 20 minutes and within minutes they were recoding. Interestingly, Dhanush is an actor and not known for this singing abilities but have written the lyrics of this song and sung it at the same time.

This track is sung in the Tamil language with lots of English words. Many are describing this phenomenon as "Tanglish" meaning fusion of Tamil and English. Even though the words and are in Tamil and the English words comes with strong Tamil accent; the song has become very popular not only in the Tamil Nadu state of India but has crossed all barriers and state boundaries. Many radio stations other than Tamil have broadcasted this regional song for the first time. This song was even played in the Hindi speaking states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

The question to ask is why has this song become a national hit? In almost most cases, Tamil movies are rarely watched outside Tamil Nadu but Indians are witnessing a musical bonanza surpassing language barriers. If the track is heard properly, anyone is able to understand the music irrespective if they understand Tamil or not.

A crude survey reveals that youngsters like this song because it represents those individuals who at once in their life time has suffered from a broken heart. Secondly, the music track is very catchy; it almost seems as if the music was composed for the people to sing in the bathroom. Thirdly, the lyrics are a work of art as if setting a new trend in language where Tamil and English has been fused in such a way that the tune represents the ordinary people and the way they speak in real life.

Industry experts are saying that this is groovy song and people are able to connect with this song and relate to the words. However critics at the same are commenting that this is a distortion of the Tamil language. Whatever the case maybe, the track has become a hit and people are enjoying it.

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