Cricketing famous person and among the best Indian batsmen of all time, Virat Kohli, on Thursday (May 1), gained the hearts of Tamil star Silambarasan TR and Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman’s fans. Currently spearheading the Royal Challengers Bangalore to the highest of the Indian Premier League season desk with his batting, Kohli participated in a enjoyable promotional exercise in which he was requested about his current favorite track.
“You will be shocked,” mentioned the previous RCB captain with a smile, earlier than enjoying ‘Nee Singam Dhan’ from Silambarasan’s Pathu Thala, composed by Rahman. The video took the web by storm because the track, ever since its launch in 2023, has been used repeatedly by cricketing fans to reward the lengthy legacies of their cricketing idols like MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Kohli.
Simbu too took word of RCB’s video and reshared it on his social media pages, writing ‘nee singam dhaan @imVkohli’, which interprets to ‘You are indeed a lion.’
‘Nee Singam Dhan,’ which has lyrics written by Vivek and vocals by Sid Sriram, speaks about channelling a lion-like spirit and bravado. It speaks about being humble and grounded and evokes a fighter’s spirit to beat challenges.
Meanwhile, the put up additionally led to netizens questioning if Silambarasan can be the precise option to play Virat in a potential biopic. Fans shared footage of the 2 and tweeted in regards to the similarities in their seems to be.
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On the work entrance, Simbu can be seen quickly in Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life. The actor additionally has STR 49, directed by Ramkumar Balakrishnan, STR 50, directed by Desingh Periyasamy and STR 51, with Dragon-maker Ashwath.
In case you haven’t checked it out already, right here’s the ‘Nee Singam Dhan’ track:
Published – May 02, 2025 12:12 pm IST
