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Chikni Chameli gets 3.8 million views within a week!

Abhishek Raje, TNN Dec 28, 2011, 12.00AM IST
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After taking the country by storm with "Sheila Ki Jawani", Katrina's latest item track "Chikni Chameli" is already creating records of sorts! The song from "Angeepath" which is a remake of the 1990 cult "Agneepath", figures in the original film.

The remake-song that was shot over 10-days is already become a rage as viewers can't have enough of Katrina's gyrating moves and sensual expressions. Choreographed by celeb choreographer Ganesh Acharya, the song features Kaif dressed in the traditional garb of a fisherwoman, gyrating to the high-tempo song. Sung by Shreya Ghoshal and composed by national awardee-duo Ajay and Atul, the song is the Hindi version of their own Marathi hit "Kombadi Palali". A 30-second promo of the song was first launched by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, followed by a two minutes thirteen seconds-long video on YouTube. The latter has already garnered 3.8 million hits on YouTube within a week of its release.

The item track has been drawing compliments from all over. Recently Shobhaa De tweeted on Karan Johar's twitter account, saying, "2012:The Year of Chikni Chameli and Katrina K.Just watched the hottest moves n Bollywood.Ooh la la looks like ringa-ringa-roses.Watch out VB". Film critic Rajeev Masand too tweeted, "Watched the Chikni Chameli item song from Agneepath today. Boy, that Katrina can move, and how! At one point she even dangles off the roof!"

Produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, the remake that stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, will hit screens worldwide on January 26, 2012.

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