Laden lyric rocks Kannada music buffs

Bangalore, May 11 (IANS) US President George W. Bush may not like it but Osama bin Laden is rocking the Kannada film music charts!

"Bin Laden nan maava, Bill Clinton nan bhaava (Bin Laden is my uncle, Bill Clinton is my brother-in-law)" - that's the opening line of a song from the yet-to-be-released "Jogi".

The film's audio has been released far in advance of director Prem's much-awaited release. The song is an "item" number featuring Yana Gupta.

This is not the first time bin Laden has figured in a Kannada film audio. He did so earlier in another song written by matinee idol Upendra for "Appu", in which Puneet Raj Kumar debuted.

The song went: "Bin Laden alve allaa (Bin Laden shot through two huge buildings, I have shot through your heart)".

The number became popular and may have prompted Prem, who also wrote the lyrics for "Jogi", to use the bin Laden name again. According to Prem, the lyric came to his mind after he had heard the tune and "the whole song was finished within five minutes".