Indian hit inspires a spoof-u song-u

Islamabad: Pakistan now has its own version of Kolaveri Di, the Indian song that is racing towards the 30 million views mark on YouTube. And it's hilarious.

"Where is democracy, democracy, democracy ji?" asks the Pakistani version as five men swing to the tune that has made Indian superstar Rajinikanth's son-in-law Dhanush an internet sensation.

The song has become a big hit in a country that has seen a string of military strongmen, the last of whom was Pervez Musharraf. Speculation was rife earlier this month of a coup when President Asif Ali Zardari abruptly left for Dubai over a heart ailment.

The song says: "Corruption perfect". The dancers then move around a lamp as the lyrics go: "Distance la sakun sakun," a reference to the frequent power outages. Then it adds: "Bill amount tight-u."

That's not all.

"Political money colour colour-u...money colour black-u/Your palace light-u, light-u, my home black-u." As the video shows politicians, the singers sing: "Rise, rise-u, cheat, cheat-u, our future dark-u."

In the original video, Dhanush sings: "Super mama ready." The Pakistani take on it says: "Super drama ready". Dhanush also uses a Tamil expression — "Kaila glass" — and then quickly shifts to "Hand-u glass". The Pakistani song replaces that with "Satyanas" (Destruction).

There is also a reference to "jungle law, qarza bojh (pressure of taxes)... eyes full of tears". Close to the end, the song says: "God-u I am dying now-u", as the five men lie on a road and ask: "Are you happy now-u?"

"This song-u for poor-u public-u," sing the group and sign off.