Take It Easy Oorvasi has new lines

A.R. Rahman had put up a status on his Facebook page asking fans for new lyrics to the iconic song.

January 07, 2017 01:06 am | Updated 07:24 am IST - CHENNAI:

Oscar winning music composer A. R. Rahman had announced on December 1 that he wants to update the ‘Charanam’ of his famous song, Take It Easy, Oorvasi ’from Kadhalan for future performances.

Having decided to crowd-source the new lines, A.R. Rahman had put up a status on his Facebook page, prompting thousands of response by Facebook users.

However, he specified that he wanted to steer clear of lines about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or demonetisation.

Comments and shares

The Facebook post received close to 2,000 comments and was shared by 1,260 people on Facebook.

On Friday, the composer announced four winners whose lines he had selected.

“Remember when we asked all of you to suggest some funky ideas for re-arranging ‘Take It Easy Urvasi’. Well, we had a lot of great ideas flowing, and it was tough to pick and choose, but we’ve finally gone ahead with contributions from...,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

He had selected lines written by Prasad Krishna (“Beltu Potoom Veshti Avundha”), Achintya Vatlu (“Helmet Potoom Mama Pidicha”), Rajesh Rajamani (“Kadalai Naduvil Battery Thirndal”) and Dileep Balaji (“Kizhinja Panta Fashion Nu Sonna”).

The composer is likely to use these lines in future performances of his hit song.

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