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"Arabic Kuthu" is a 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 .
Media reports had claimed that a track was composed in the Arabic music genre (later deciphered as "Arabic Kuthu"), which had vocals by Anirudh himself and features lyrics in Tamil and Arabic languages; [23] the track, written by Sivakarthikeyan, is a fusion of Arabic music and Kuthu (a type of Tamil folk music) as the name of the track. [24] [25]
The soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his third collaboration with both Vijay and Nelson, respectively after Kaththi (2014), Master (2021) and Kolamaavu Kokila (2018) and Doctor. [124] The soundtrack consists of three original songs composed by Anirudh, namely, "Arabic Kuthu", [125] "Jolly O Gymkhana", [126] and "Beast Mode". [127]
Vijay made his debut by singing "Bombay City Sukkha Rotti" (1994) in Rasigan. After his 25th song "Vaadi Vaadi" (2005) in Sachein, Vijay took a sabbatical from singing to concentrate on acting, [3] but made a comeback with "Google Google" in Thuppakki (2012). He won the Favorite Song of The Year at the Vijay Awards for his performance of the song.
The first single "Arabic Kuthu", was a fusion featuring Arabic phrases and rhyming verses in Tamil. The song set the record for the most-viewed and liked South Indian song within 24 hours, and is currently his most-viewed single with over 500 million views. [54] Anirudh at Velaikkaran Audio Launch
The promo of the song became the most viewed promo song surpassing the record views of "Arabic Kuthu" promo in 24 hours of its release. [36] Upon its release, the song became second most viewed Tamil song in 24 hours of its release, [40] [41] and also reached 11.5 million viewers within 17 hours. [42]
"Kurchi Madhathapetti" was the fastest video song to reach 30 crore (300 million) views milestone in 133 days, surpassing the "Arabic Kuthu". [15] The full video song has over 53 crore (530 million) views on YouTube, while the lyrical song which was released first, has 12.5 crore (125 million) views. [16]
The track "Naa Ready" garnered 20 million views in 24 hours, setting the second highest viewed Tamil song in 24 hours, behind Vijay's own song "Arabic Kuthu" from Beast. [62] It also garnered 1.6 million likes in 24 hours becoming also the second highest liked Tamil song in 24 hours, behind the same song. [63]