Norah Fatehi breaks silence on ‘KD: The Devil’ song row: ‘I don’t endorse vulgarity’
The Hindu
Featuring Sanjay Dutt and Nora, the Kannada original version of the song, titled ‘Sarse Ninna Seraga Sarse’, was slammed for its “oscene” lyrics by fans and people from film fraternity on social media
Actor Norah Fatehi, who featured in the controversial song from the pan-Indian movie KD: The Devil, has opened up about the criticism against the dance number. Directed by Prem and produced by Dhruva Sarja, the movie is bankrolled by KVN Productions of Toxic and Jana Nayagan fame.
The Kannada original version of the song, titled ‘Sarse Ninna Seraga Sarse’, was slammed for its “obscene” lyrics by fans and people from film fraternity on social media. Norah Fatehi and Sanjay Dutt feature in the song, written by Prem.
In a video released on March 18, 2026 (Wednesday), Norah said that she “doesn’t endorse vulgarity”. She added that she wasn’t aware about the lyrics of the Hindi version. Incidentally, the Hindi dubbed version of the song, titled ‘Sarke Chunari Teri Sarke’, received bigger criticism than the Kannada original. Owing to the servere backlash, the Hindi version was removed from YouTube by the makers.
“I shot the song three years ago. I agreed for the project because I was going to share screen with Sanjay Dutt who is a legend. I thought the song was a remake of the iconic number from Khalnayak,” Norah said.
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The actor added, “The original song was in Kannada, a language I don’t understand. When they explained me about the song I didn’t find anything inappropriate. But again, I am not fluent in the language.”
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Featuring Sanjay Dutt and Nora, the Kannada original version of the song, titled ‘Sarse Ninna Seraga Sarse’, was slammed for its “oscene” lyrics by fans and people from film fraternity on social media
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