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I tried to use all elements from across the globe, and not just south Indian or north Indian. Though it is a song with predominantly local flavours, the lyrics, the simple tune and the instruments I have used made it a success. When you composed the song, did you expect it to become so popular? Not at all. I am yet to recover from the shock of it all! It is my first single and everybody dreams of their song doing very well.

I thought it would do well with the youth of Tamil Nadu. But what has happened was beyond all my expectations. I can't describe the force that has made the song such a great success. There is a video on the internet of some Japanese women dancing to your song.

I saw it yesterday. I don't know how to thank God. I'd like to thank my team for giving me such a film. And also, Sony Music for marketing the song so well. D o you feel ecstatic? I felt ecstatic in the first two days but I tried to remain rooted. I realised that this high is going to go away after four-five days. Now, I have to concentrate on the rest of the album and work harder. Have you always been interested in composing music?

I have been composing songs since I was But those tunes were bad! I have a copy of all those tunes and it is fun listening to the old songs laughs.

I was a part of a band in school and later when I went to college. Even as a kid, I knew this was what I wanted to do. I am really, really grateful to God that I could do what I wanted. Have you had any formal training? I wrote my exam here in Chennai. I also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band.

In college, I was part of a rock band. Are you from a musical family? That is why I feel it is a real blessing from God and I feel happy about it. T he song is a huge success but puritans have criticised it for its lyrics and the tune. How do you react to that? I have understood that if 1, people like your song, there will be five or six people to criticise it.

On the internet, there are about 80, likes and dislikes. I am happy that the dislikes are in minority! Puritans say there is no melody in the song.. There is not going to be another song like Kolaveri in the album. Other songs are going to be pure; pure lyrics and pure tunes! How has the film industry reacted to the huge success of your song? I haven't got any reaction from the Tamil film industry.

But I have got a lot of response from the Hindi film industry. Have you started getting offers from Hindi? Yes, a lot of offers. I don't want to disclose anything till it is confirmed. But right now, I am only concentrating on my first film 3 and the rest of the songs in the album.

ZaraBol - Trending Topics. News APP. NewsApp Free Read news as it happens Available on. Sign in Create a Rediffmail account. Rediff News All News. Here's how the Kolaveri Di song happened!

W hat does Kolaveri mean? Why this Kolaveri means why do you have this murderous rage against me? The question is in a lighter vein. Were the funny lyrics also a part of Aishwarya's instructions? It just happened. Dhanush sang in broken English, like a Tamil guy would sing if his knowledge of English was limited, and we used the same thing for the whole song.

As he came up with the lyrics, we felt they were really apt for the song. Soup song Flop song. Many people have even started putting up lyrics of this song as their status messages on social networking sites.

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.