Last Week Dhanush performed live in Mumbai, his first stage performance.

Says the actor shyly, "Earlier I had sung a song for my brother filmmaker Selvaraghavan`s audio release. That`s my only live performance so far. I wasn`t nervous about performing on Sunday.

If I was a professional singer I`d worry. But I`m an amateur, so it didn`t matter if I went off-key. "

Now this week Dhanush took Kolkata by storm.

Says Dhanush humbly, "Kolkata was a great experience. It was an overwhelming experience. "

Next, Dhanush will perorm live in Delhi.

Says the humble grateful star-singer, "God has been very kind to me. I had a great year. I couldn`t have asked for more. Now I`m just going to focus on shooting the song for my wife`s film. Let`s see where it goes from there. It will be shot in the first week of January. "

Dhanush`s wife Aishwarya is directing him in 3. And the song Kolaveri di is already a big hit. "It seems the song has become bigger than the film. But the film has a solid and novel script. Once people see the film they`ll see the song as just a part of the narration. "

Dhanush is refreshingly matter-of-fact about Kolaveri. "It`s just a song. Just a phase. It will pass. I am one of those people who don`t know how to speak proper English. But I manage.

Speaking the English language was initially a huge problem for me, so I knew how to connect with people like me. I knew what words to choose so that they connect with people who are not fluent in English. "

Dhanush has no illusions about the quality of the lyrics. "It`s not poetry. Whatever silly words came to my mind I used it in the song.

It`s just like any composition, nothing special A group of us gen-next kids me, Shruti Haasan, my wife Aishwarya and the composer Annirudh were open to ideas.

The tune was done in twenty minutes. As soon as I heard the song the words simply came to my mind spontaneously. I wanted the words to be understood by everybody regardless of whether they know English or not. "

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