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-language song, composed by

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, with lyrics written by Chandrabose, and recorded by Sublahshini for the

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of the 2024 Indian film '' Pushpa 2: The Rule'', featuring with Sreeleela and

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. It was released on 24 November 2024 (released on

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as a lyrical video song) as the third single from the album, through T-Series. The full video song, featuring visuals directly from the film, was released on 19 December 2024 on

. The song was also released in other languages through the same name. Upon the release, it was compared to " Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from ''Pushpa: The Rise'' (2021), and was subjected to criticism owing to its lyrics and dance choreography. Sreeleela's dance was also criticized while comparing with her performance in " Kurchi Madathapetti" from ''Guntur Kaaram'' (2024). In contrast, following the film's release, it peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' India Songs in the third week and had a significant commercial success.

Background and composition

Owing to the success of " Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from ''Pushpa: The Rise'' (2021), the production team insisted Devi Sri Prasad to include a similar item number in the sequel. By March 2023, the song was finalised. Tamil singer Sublahshini was chosen to record the song. Sublashini had recorded the song in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada versions. Lothika had recorded the song in Hindi along with Sublashini.

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was hired to sing the Bengali version of the song. Priya Jerson recorded the Malayalam version of the song.

Music video

Background and production

There were speculations about various actresses including Triptii Dimri, Janhvi Kapoor,

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and

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, being considered for the item song. However, these speculations turned out to be false as Sreeleela was later finalised for the song. Jani Master was hired to choreograph the song, but was eventually replaced by

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, due to sexual assault allegations. The latter had also choreographed the song "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava". The song was filmed in November 2024 in Hyderabad.

Synopsis

The music video is a direct clip from the scenes in '' Pushpa 2: The Rule''. The scenes primarily featured Sreeleela and

dancing together. It also featured

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and others.

Release

The song was launched at a promotional event in

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on 24 November 2024. The full video song was later released on YouTube on 19 December 2024.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

. *

Composer * Chandrabose Lyricist * Sublahshini Vocals *

Choreographer * Manasi DSP Backing vocals * S. P. Abhishek Backing vocals, vocal supervision * A. Uday Kumar Mix engineer, mastering engineer, record engineer * T. Uday Kumar record engineer * Suresh Kumar Taddi record engineer * Murugan orchestra in-charge * Pugalendhi studio assistant * Bharat studio assistant * B. Manikandan Album Co-ordinator

Charts

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2024 songs Songs in Telugu Songs with music by Devi Sri Prasad Songs with lyrics by Chandrabose (lyricist) Songs written for films Songs written for Telugu films T-Series (company) singles Songs from Pushpa (film series) Number-one singles in India