Kooth calling

If you thought south Indian weddings were boring then it’s time to change your mind. If you get invited to a sangeet down south, don’t be surprised to see people gyrating to peppy kooth music! Dappan Koothu aka Tappan Guchi, a Tamil music and dance genre is popular at weddings where youngsters dance to south Indian dance numbers.

Engineer Ramanand S recently attended a south Indian pal’s wedding and the function saw youngsters, both north and south Indians do the kooth. “The DJ had a play list with awesome Dappan music. He played catchy Telugu, Tamil and Kannada tracks.” A Kannada version of Appadi Podu, Pettai Rap and Gopala from the Tamil film Kadhalan and the Telugu song Manmadha Raja were some of the dance tracks that were played.

Ramanand says that north Indian youngsters at the function liked the songs so much that they asked the DJ for the names of the tracks and downloaded them! “Now, they play these songs loudly in the car!” he laughs.

Twenty-four-year-old Preethi S, loves grooving to kooth music. “I love it when they play mass masala numbers, especially in Tamil and Telugu! Ringa Ringa from Arya 2 and A Ante Amalapuram from Arya are a rage. Tamil song Nakka Mukka and Kannada tracks like Jinke Mari Na and Bin Laden Nam Maava are popular too,” says Preethi.

When it comes to kooth dance, you don’t have to be sophisticated and this is what student Shruthi N likes about the genre. “You can move the way you want to. Some people think that only guys can do the kooth, but I know girls who enjoy it too,” she says. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and appadi podify!