A promo for the first song from Jailer 2, titled Ala Bolelo, was released on Tuesday evening. Much like Manasilaayo from Rajinikanth’s 2024 film Vettaiyan, this song too features Malayalam words. The song features Rajinikanth and Shamna Kasim. Except that the mispronunciation did not make Keralites happy, who took to social media to fume.
Ala Bolelo song promo from Jailer 2 released
Much like Manasilaayo was a nod to Manju Warrier’s Malayalam roots, released on time for Onam, Anirudh seemed to hope the same with Ala Bolelo and Shamna. With music and vocals by Anirudh Ravichander , it features lyrics by Arunraja Kamaraj. Niranjana Raman, Aparna Harikumar, and Deepthi Suresh provide additional vocals. The promo video begins with Anirudh’s vocals set to Malayalam lyrics before cutting to Shamna dancing in a traditional kasavu saree. “Here, Tamil songs only don’t have correct pronunciation of la,La, Zha, na,Na etc. brother. It has gone to another level that nothing feels like Tamil. So, we are in the same boat,” pointed out another. They should’ve atleast hired a Malayali singer. I hate it when someone handle other languages poorly without any effort for authenticity. One X user even claimed, “dude…. it sounds like gibberish not malayalam! SJ Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Vidya Balan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Anna Rajan , and Jatin Sarna are joining the cast. Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar and Jackie Shroff will reprise their cameo roles. Nandamuri Balakrishna and Shah Rukh Khan were reportedly approached for cameos, but they reportedly turned them down.
A 32-second promo of the first song from Jailer 2, Ala Bolelo, was released on Tuesday evening. The full song will be released on August 21. The film will be released on October 15.
“Hire a lyric writer and singer who knows malayalam,” commented one Malayali, while a Tamilian wrote, “As a Tamil, I completely agree.
Jailer 2 is written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. A sequel to Jailer (2023), the film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa, and Rithvik, reprising their roles from the predecessor. It is produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures.
