Comments on: Why This?

By: Monisha

Monisha — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:12:28 +0000

Picture this: Larger-than-life-sized furry animal cartoon characters dancing to a dance-remix verison of this on stage in a Kolkata theme park to cheering crowds. Saw it last week.

By: ankan kd

ankan kd — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:40:30 +0000

Thank you for this article..

By: SG

SG — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:20:11 +0000

Anyone else fine the ‘white-u skin-u girl-u’ line uncomfortable?

By: Kheer

Kheer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:55:01 +0000

A “Sikh version” ???? Bhangra is not part of Sikhism. Bhangra was around long before the Sikhs. Personally, I like both versions – the original for just listening to & the bhangra one for dancing to. This is not a north-south thing… most hindi/bollywood songs get bhangrafied! Many non-bhangra punjabi tunes sooner or later get the bhangra treatment too.

By: Darth Paul

Darth Paul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:49:38 +0000

Because, as others have pointed out, simple sappy crap is all we get these days. I guess golf claps to Dhanush for taking a piece of the pie, but it doesn’t mean I have to appreciate, much less fawn over, corny mediocrity. That a billion fools are eating it up only pushes me further away.

By: Darth Paul

Darth Paul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:47:14 +0000

THAT is awesome!

By: Darth Paul

Darth Paul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:45:56 +0000

I agree. It’s a mediocre song with embarassing Tanglish. I don’t get it at all. It’s like that stupid Frog ringtone that rocked the UK charts 5yrs or so ago. Then again, I don’t have a Facebook, Orkut, Twitter acct, or any of the “cool” sh!t everyone thinks is so great, so I’m probably just turning into my grandfather 50yrs ahead of time.

By: ak

ak — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:33:23 +0000

I personally love it – stupid/meaningless? perhaps. but the catchiness of the tune, while simultaneously trying to convey a bleak outlook is hilarious to me, and the main appeal of the song. not to mention that i grew up in a family that uses phrases like plate-u, bed-u, car-u with full awareness of how strictly tanglish it is.

By: my_dog_jagat

my_dog_jagat — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:29:35 +0000

Nope, nope nope. Can’t relate at all. I grew up partly in India, recently spent a couple months in Madras and am now in Singapore where the song is played over and over again in Little India. I cringe as I pass by–cowuuuuuu yuckuuuu sickuuuuuuu. Methinks the virus was engineered — Aishwarya (the Rajni daughter) hinted to that in the first interview.

By: idontgetiteither

idontgetiteither — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:55:00 +0000

I don’t get why Justin Bieber is popular either. And a lot more like that questioning why some songs are a hit and some are not. But whatever.