Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the latest celebrity to be smitten by the foot-tapping music and the crazy lyrics of ‘Kolaveri Di’, which has been sung and penned by Tamil movie star Dhanush. Big B congratulated the Tamil actor on the song, which is from the upcoming Tamil movie 3.Amitabh Bachchan, who is excited over his new-born granddaughter, took to his Twitter account to congratulate Dhanush. Big B tweeted, “Just heard ‘Kolaveri di’ after much talk on it … its so original and catchy ..congrats Dhanush and Aishwarya (Rajini’s daughter) .. love.”
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Later, Dhanush, whose real name is Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, thanked Amitabh Bachchan for his complements. On his Twitter page, he wrote, “Its a great honour to get a tweet from Big B, very kind of him. I dedicate the tweet to all you guys who made kolaveri this big. Love you guys. God bless.”
However, a promo of the song ‘Kolaveri Di’ was released on Youtube on November 16. Minutes after this, the track became viral on social networking sites for its quirky Tanglish (Tamil-English) lyrics. It has garnered 14 lakh views on the popular video