Athiradee
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Athiradee is a song from the Kollywood
film Sivaji: The Boss
starring Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran
, directed by Shankar
. The music was composed by the A. R. Rahman
, lyrics were written by Vaali
and sung by A. R. Rahman
and Sayonara. Background voices have been given by singers Karthik
, Naresh Iyer
, and Mohammed Aslam.
The song is picturized as Sivaji (Rajinikanth) being a James Bond
like figure; he is also referring to being like him in the song. The song involves Tamizlselvi being a woman visiting the market when it is attacked by a gang armed with guns. The gang's members all have masks on their faces. Then Sivaji makes an entrance lying back with a hat on his face with his feet on the handles of a motor bike. Then he suddenly hits the brakes and jumps off the motor bike and his guitar falls into his hands. He then commences to shoot the gang members, and saves Tamizlselvi. This song involves a lot of shooting with guns although there is no blood from the bullets.
The pretense for this song is that Sivaji and Tamizlselvi are newly married and it is their first night, and Sivaji gives examples of how it can be enjoyed in various songs. Three different songs are shown before Athiradee, the first being Sivaji Ganeshan's then MGR
(the past superstars of Tamil cinema) ending it with Kamal Hasan's. After seeing the three songs in her mind she tells him that she wants a song which has Sivaji's "Athiradee and Style", and the song begins.
Kollywood
Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...
film Sivaji: The Boss
Sivaji: The Boss
Sivaji is a 2007 Tamil political thriller film directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions. Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran played the lead roles, with Suman, Vivek and Raghuvaran playing other significant roles in the film. A. R. Rahman composed the film's soundtrack and background music,...
starring Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
, directed by Shankar
S. Shankar
Shankar is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award...
. The music was composed by the A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
, lyrics were written by Vaali
Vaali
Vaali is a 1999 Tamil thriller film written and directed by S. J. Suryah. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role with Simran appearing in another leading role. The supporting cast of the film include Jyothika in her debut venture, Livingston and Vivek. The film's music is composed by the music...
and sung by A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
and Sayonara. Background voices have been given by singers Karthik
Karthik (singer)
Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...
, Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won...
, and Mohammed Aslam.
The song is picturized as Sivaji (Rajinikanth) being a James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
like figure; he is also referring to being like him in the song. The song involves Tamizlselvi being a woman visiting the market when it is attacked by a gang armed with guns. The gang's members all have masks on their faces. Then Sivaji makes an entrance lying back with a hat on his face with his feet on the handles of a motor bike. Then he suddenly hits the brakes and jumps off the motor bike and his guitar falls into his hands. He then commences to shoot the gang members, and saves Tamizlselvi. This song involves a lot of shooting with guns although there is no blood from the bullets.
The pretense for this song is that Sivaji and Tamizlselvi are newly married and it is their first night, and Sivaji gives examples of how it can be enjoyed in various songs. Three different songs are shown before Athiradee, the first being Sivaji Ganeshan's then MGR
MGR
MGR may refer to:* M. G. Ramachandran , Indian actor & politician* MG Rover company* ManaGeR, software* Mass Grocery Retail in abbreviation of an industry sector* Merry-go-round train, British freight-train design...
(the past superstars of Tamil cinema) ending it with Kamal Hasan's. After seeing the three songs in her mind she tells him that she wants a song which has Sivaji's "Athiradee and Style", and the song begins.