What makes 'Kolaveri Di' by Dhanush a hit?

With more than 12,000 likes in five days of its release, the Kolaveri Di song has become one of the most searched videos on YouTube. This song from Dhanush and Shruti Haasan's forthcoming movie 3has become a craze, not only in Tamil Nadu but in entire nation.

Following the footsteps of Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt, Dhanush has lent his voice to this catchy number. Interestingly, he has also penned the lyrics of Kolaveri Di.


In an interview lately Dhanush revealed, "I had a lot of free time on the sets of 3. I just tried to put in some dummy words in the tunes and everyone liked it." 3 is an upcoming Tamil film directed by Dhanush's wife Aishwarya. Anirudh, the music director of the film is thrilled with the song's popularity. Anirudh is a newcomer and his experiment has really paid off.

Kolaveri Di lyrics are very easy to remember, this is one of the reasons for its immense success. The song starts with 'Yo boyz, I am singing song... Soup song... Flop song.' Through his voice, Dhanush has succeeded in establishing a connect with his fans.

Many people have even started putting up lyrics of this song as their status messages on social networking sites. So don't get confused if you see 'Eyes-u full-aa tear-u, empty life-u, Girl-u come-u, life reverse gear-u’ as someone's status on Facebook or Twitter.

As Dhanush says, it's a song fit for bathroom singers. Its simple beats make it more catchy. Dhanush's description of heartbreak through Kolaveri Di is extremely funny. Heartbreak is a phenomenon almost everyone can relate to, this has further fueled the popularity of Kolaveri Di.


A rough cut version of the song was released online a few days back. The video features Anirudh, Dhanush and Shruti in the recording studio. Minus the fake sets and made-up expressions even the video of Kolaveri Di is interesting.


Dhanush likes to stick to his boy next door image in his films. He has sung the song with same innocence.


Here are the Kolaveri Di lyrics; you will surely laugh your stomach out after reading it.


Yo boys I am singing song, soup song, flop song.
Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di,
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di.
Rhythm Correct
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di
Maintain This
Why this Kolaveri..Di
Distance la moon-u moon-u,
Moon-u color-u white-u white background,
Night-u Nigth-u Night-u color-u black-u.
Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di,
Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di.
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,
Why this Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di.
Maama notes eduthuko, apdiye kaila snacks eduthuko
Pa pa paan pa pa paan pa pa paa pa pa paan,
Sariya vaasi, super maama ready
ready 1 2 3 4.
Whaa wat a change over maama,
Ok maama now tune change-u,
kaila glass only English…
Hand la glass, glass la scotch,
Eyes-u full-aa tear-u, empty life-u,
Girl-u come-u, life reverse gear-u,
Lovvu Lovvu, oh my lovvu.
You showed me bouv-u,
Cow-u cow-u holi cow-u,
I want u hear now-u,
God I m dying now-u,
She is happy how-u,
this song for soup boys-u, we don’t have choice-u.
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Di.
Flop song.

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Article source : CNN-IBN India.