Urvasi Urvasi
| "Urvasi Urvasi" | |
|---|---|
| Song by A. R. Rahman (composer) & Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed and A. R. Rahman (singers) | |
| from the album Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Format | CD single, Digital download |
| Recorded | 1994 Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai |
| Length | 5:39 |
| Label | Pyramid |
| Songwriter(s) |
A. R. Rahman (composer) Vairamuthu (lyrics) |
| Producer(s) | A. R. Rahman |
"Urvasi Urvasi" is a Tamil-language song (later dubbed into Telugu and Hindi) composed by A. R. Rahman and written by Vairamuthu for the 1994 Indian film Kadhalan. Urvasi was the first song composed for the film, and inspired the title of Rajsirpy's 1996 film Take It Easy Urvasi. The song features vocals by Suresh Peters, Shahul Hameed and A. R. Rahman himself. The song was a chartbuster in contemporary Tamil music and became very popular, with the funny lyrics. The song was played at every club, disco, restaurant, marriage hall and street corner across the country and went down in Indian movie history as one of the most popular songs of all time. The immense national popularity of the song, led to subsequent dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi.
In 2014, American hip hop recording artist will.i.am and singer Cody Wise, re-created Urvasi Urvasi as It's My Birthday.It's My Birthday topped the charts in the United Kingdom, becoming will.i.am's tenth chart-topper there (including five as a member of The Black Eyed Peas). In 2016, this song was featured in Australian movie Lion (2016 film).
More than two decades the Urvasi Urvasi song took audiences by storm, A. R. Rahman unveiled its “reimagined” version on the seventh season of MTV Unplugged. The Oscar-winning composer had asked his fans to contribute fresh lyrics for the charanam of the song and upon receiving more than a 1,000 comments on his Facebook page, picked four contributions. The unplugged version is aimed to be more contemporary in its references — Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, demonetisation and some puns in Tamil. It has so far garnered more than 1.2 million views on Facebook.
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