| Kombadi Palali | |
| Cover: | Kombadi Palali.jpg |
| Caption: | Official song cover, featuring Kranti Redkar and Bharat Jadhav |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Anand Shinde, Vaishali Samant |
| Language: | Marathi |
| English Title: | The hen ran away |
| Label: | Video Palace |
| Composer: | Ajay-Atul |
| Producer: | Bela Shinde |
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"Kombadi Palali" is a Marathi-language song from the soundtrack album of the 2005 comedy film , directed by Kedar Shinde, it was picturised on Bharat Jadhav and Kranti Redkar. The song was composed by Ajay-Atul, voiced by Anand Shinde, Vaishali Samant, with lyrics penned by Jitendra Joshi.[1] It was adapted into Hindi as "Chikni Chameli" for the 2012 action drama Agneepath, featuring Hritik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, and Katrina Kaif in the song.[2] Kranti Redkar gained acclaim for her dancing prowess in the song.
Jadhav initially selected actress Aditi Sarangdhar for the role before Kranti Redkar took over. At the time, Sarangdhar was busy with the lead role in the serial Vadalvaat and had to decline the film due to scheduling conflicts. She also turned down the role of Bakulabai, which was later played by Priya Berde, citing similar time constraints. Meanwhile, Bharti Achrekar and Kranti Redkar were involved in a play together. Achrekar recommended Redkar to Jadhav, who promptly contacted Redkar and convinced her to join the film, even before she knew the storyline, as she headed to Satara for filming.[3]
Choreographer Umesh Jadhav spent two days to rehearsing for the song. Ankush Chaudhari, who served as an assistant director and also designed Redkar's costume for the song, faced a setback when Redkar's costume failed to arrive on time for the shoot, which had already commenced. Reflecting on the situation, Redkar lamented, "My costume didn't arrive until 2 o'clock. I was in tears in the make-up room. I ended up missing half of the song due to the delay. Thankfully, it finally arrived at 2 o'clock."[4]
Due to its infectious beats and Redkar's well-known dance moves, the song has become a perennial favourite at many cultural festivals in Maharashtra.[6] [7]
The song was remade in Bollywood film Agneepath as "Chikni Chameli" was released in December 2011. Filmed on Katrina Kaif, Hritik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt.[8] It was sung by Shreya Ghoshal and choreographed by Ganesh Acharya, while the original song is choreographed by Umesh Jadhav.[9]