Arabic Kuthu

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"**Arabic Kuthu**" is an 2022 Indian song and the first single in the soundtrack of the Tamil-language film *Beast*, directed by Nelson. Starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde, the film is produced by Kalanithi Maran under the studio Sun Pictures. The track is composed by Anirudh, who also sang the track with Jonita Gandhi, while the lyrics for the track were written by actor Sivakarthikeyan. The first single to be released from the album, being highly expected from fans, was delayed multiple times.

The single released on Valentine's Day (14 February 2022). It became the most-viewed and liked South Indian song within 24 hours, garnering 25 million views within a short period, and also the fastest South Indian song to cross 50 million views. This song has now crossed more than 425 million views.

## Composition

This film marks Anirudh's third collaboration with Vijay after *Kaththi* (2014) and *Master* (2021), and with Nelson after *Kolamaavu Kokila* (2018) and *Doctor* (2021).[7][8] Anirudh composed the tracks during mid-July 2021.[9] In order to experiment with the film's music, he had composed this particular track in the Arabic music genre and had featured lyrics in Tamil and Arabic languages.[10][11] The opening phrase, "Halamithi Habibo" translates to "I dreamed of my lover".[12] Sivakarthikeyan wrote this track in mid-August 2021.[13][14]

According to reports, the track is a fusion Arabic music and Kuthu (a type of Tamil folk music) as the name of the track.[15] It also had the influence of dance and pop music.[16] This track was sung by Anirudh and Jonita Gandhi, who previously sung for "Chellamma" in *Doctor*.[1] Anirudh, in his interaction with fans during a Facebook chat session, stated that the work on the first single has been completed and will be released later, and further clarified that all the updates regarding the film will be revealed post-completion of the film's shooting.[17]

## Music video

The music video features Vijay and Pooja Hegde dancing for the single. The music is choreographed by Jani Master.[18] In a deleted tweet, Jani had announced that the rehearsals for the song might take place during mid-April 2021, and the song will be shot within seven days, starting from the first week of May 2021.[19] But shooting did not take place in that date, due to Vijay's decision to halt shooting in concern with the rise in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu,[20] and also Hegde being diagnosed with COVID-19.[21] The song was shot at Gokulam Studios during September 2021.[22][23] To promote the single, Nelson shot a promotional video for the track featuring Vijay, Anirudh, Sivakarthikeyan and himself, during December 2021.[24] The song is featured as part of a dance party which both Vijay and Pooja Hegde attended.

## Marketing and release

The single was highly anticipated by fans, and was rumoured to be released on Anirudh's birthday (16 October 2021)[25] and later scheduled for release on Diwali (4 November 2021), which however did not happen.[26] Makers stated that Sun Pictures' commitments to the release of Rajinikanth-starrer *Annaatthe*, and also the death of Puneeth Rajkumar insisted the makers not to release any update regarding the film on Diwali, which was posted on Ananda Vikatan's exclusive article about the film.[27][28] The single was earlier planned to be released on New Year's Eve (31 December),[29] and later to Pongal (14 January 2022), but could not be launched on that date.[30]

The track was released on the occasion of Valentine's Day (14 February 2022), as Anirudh occasionally released singles on that date.[31] The full video was released on 9 May 2022.[32]

## Live performances

On 8 April 2022, Pooja Hegde, Anirudh and Nelson performed the song at a press meet held at Hyderabad for the film's promotion.

## Can You Dance

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"**Can You Dance**" is a theme music composed by Anirudh. The song features Pooja Hegde dancing. The song was released as the lead single along with the soundtrack album on 20 June 2022.

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1. ↑ [TBA Sensational singers of Thalapathy Vijay's 'Arabic Kuthu' song in 'Beast' revealed] (13 February 2022).
2. ↑ [TBA First Song From Thalapathy Vijay's Gangster-thriller Beast to be Out Soon] (19 January 2022).
3. ↑ [TBA Arabic Kuthu: Beast's first single to be out on February 14] (7 February 2022).
4. ↑ [TBA Beast Big Update: Here is the First Single Promo from Vijay, Pooja Hegde-Starrer [Video]] (7 February 2022).
5. ↑ [TBA Beast 'Arabic Kuthu' becomes the fastest South Indian video to reach new milestone!] (19 February 2022).
6. ↑ [TBA Halamithi Habibo From Vijay's Beast Smashes YouTube Records With 200 Million Views] (21 March 2022).
7. ↑ [TBA Pooja Hegde, Nelson Dilipkumar, and Anirudh groove to 'Arabic Kuthu' on stage at the 'Beast' Telugu press meet] (9 April 2022).
8. ↑ [TBA ‘பீஸ்ட்’ படத்தின் பின்னணி இசையை வெளியிட்டார் அனிருத்… ரசிகர்கள் ஆறுதல்] (20 June 2022).
9. ↑ [TBA Can You Dance - JioSaavn] (20 June 2022).

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