Actor Bobby Deol‘s entry in his recently released film Animal is creating buzz on the internet. The actor, who plays the character of Abrar Haque, enters the screen with the song ‘Jamal Kudu’ playing in the background. Ever since the film’s release, the song has become a rage.
The popularity of the song even compelled the makers to release the complete version of the song within a few days of the film’s release. Animal was released in the theatres on December 1 and T-series, the production banner behind the film, unveiled the song on YouTube on December 6. So far, the song has garnered 20,282,441 views on the video-sharing platform.
‘Jamal Kudu’ is inspired by a popular Iranian song called ‘Jamaal Jamaaloo’. Music composer Harshvardhan Rameshwar has reimagined it for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal. The lyrics are said to have originated from the southern region of Iran.
The song was first sung by Shirazi Choir of the Kharazemi Girls High School in the 1950s and over the years it has become a popular wedding song. It is said to be adapted from a poem of the same name, written by famous Iranian poet Bijan Smandar.
The lyrics of the song loosely translate to, “Oh! The black-eyed beauty, don’t break my heart with your brutality. Oh, you are leaving me to embark on a new journey and I am going crazy like Majnu. Don’t mess with my heart darling. You’re leaving me to go on a voyage and I’m going crazy like Majnu.”
The song’s hook line, ‘Jamal Jamalek Jamaloo Jamal Kudu’ means ‘Oh my love, my beloved, my sweet love!’.
Music lovers are enjoying the song to the hilt. A YouTube user wrote, “I just came to India… just watched animal.. and now I cannot stop dancing to this song anyone has the lyrics to it?”. Another user commented, “Let’s take time to appreciate Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s music selection. All songs that played are mind-blowing”. A user described his experience as, “It’s not an audio, it’s a addiction.”
Abrar’s wedding song is my favorite from Animal’s album #BobbyDeol #AnimalMovie #AnimalPark #AnimalReview #RanbirKapoor𓃵 #SandeepReddyVanga
— Abhi Desai (@ADesai0823) December 2, 2023
Harshwardhan Rameshwar, the artist who composed the BGM for Animal uploaded the making video of Bobby Deol entry song, Jamal Kudu pic.twitter.com/pxo26Cxl1m
— Saharsh (@whysaharsh) December 7, 2023
Can’t get over this. What a BGM. Vibing on Jamal Kudu & Dolby walya #Animal pic.twitter.com/hUArWgmFlc
— Aditya Narwade (@AdityaNarwade) December 9, 2023
Earlier, Deol had talked about filming the song. He told Filmfare, “I still remember, Sandeep [Reddy Vanga] had already found the music, a Persian song and he said that it will be played during my introduction, it’s a wedding sequence so it required dancing. When I started enacting it, he said, ‘I don’t want the feel of Bobby Deol. I want you to do something different. So Saurabh [Sachdeva] who plays my brother showed me some steps.”
Animal, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, also stars Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role. The film is also backed by talents like Anil Kapoor. Tripti Dimri, and Rashmika Mandanna. The movie has been doing well in theatres. It has already done business of over Rs 380 crore in India and over Rs 600 crore globally.
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