According to composer 

Anirudh Ravichander, the film's director Aishwarya R. Dhanush wanted a

light-hearted song about love failure. Ravichander quickly composed the tune in about 10 minutes.
[5]
 Dhanush then began working on the lyrics, which he completed in about 20 minutes of
brainstorming.[8] The first line he sang was "Why This Kolaveri?" which means "Why do you have this
murderous rage against me girl?" The question, however, is not intended seriously. [5]

Why This Kolaveri Di (Leaked version) feat.Dhanush

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"Why This Kolaveri Di" (leaked version), featuring vocals by Dhanush

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In a party to The Times of India, Dhanush said: "When I was writing down the lyrics, I kept in mind all
the English words that are used in the Tamil vocabulary. Words like I, you, me, how, why, cow. I just
framed them into sentences and thats how I came up with the song." [9] Dhanush sang the song in
broken English, as a Tamil person might if his knowledge of English was limited. The song is also
called a 'Soup' song, where 'Soup' (as in 'crying in [same]') is a colloquial Tamil word which refers to
young men experiencing depression after love failure in a love relationship. [5]
The song was recorded at A. R. Rahman's AM Studios in Chennai. The Sound Engineer for this
song is Siva Kumar S (Chief Audio Engineer), Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. The song
was officially released after it was known to b

the English words that are used in the Tamil vocabulary. Words like I, you, me, how, why, cow. I just
framed them into sentences and thats how I came up with the song." [9] Dhanush sang the song in
broken English, as a Tamil person might if his knowledge of English was limited. The song is also
called a 'Soup' song, where 'Soup' (as in 'crying in [same]') is a colloquial Tamil word which refers to
young men experiencing depression after love failure in a love relationship. [5]
The song was recorded at A. R. Rahman's AM Studios in Chennai. The Sound Engineer for this
song is Siva Kumar S (Chief Audio Engineer), Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. The song
was officially released after it was known to b

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the English words that are used in the Tamil vocabulary. Words like I, you, me, how, why, cow. I just
framed them into sentences and thats how I came up with the song." [9] Dhanush sang the song in
broken English, as a Tamil person might if his knowledge of English was limited. The song is also
called a 'Soup' song, where 'Soup' (as in 'crying in [same]') is a colloquial Tamil word which refers to
young men experiencing depression after love failure in a love relationship. [5]
The song was recorded at A. R. Rahman's AM Studios in Chennai. The Sound Engineer for this
song is Siva Kumar S (Chief Audio Engineer), Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. The song
was officially released after it was known to b
the English words that are used in the Tamil vocabulary. Words like I, you, me, how, why, cow. I just
framed them into sentences and thats how I came up with the song." [9] Dhanush sang the song in
broken English, as a Tamil person might if his knowledge of English was limited. The song is also
called a 'Soup' song, where 'Soup' (as in 'crying in [same]') is a colloquial Tamil word which refers to
young men experiencing depression after love failure in a love relationship. [5]
The song was recorded at A. R. Rahman's AM Studios in Chennai. The Sound Engineer for this
song is Siva Kumar S (Chief Audio Engineer), Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. The song
was officially released after it was known to b