Actor Dhanush was last seen in Balaji Mohan's Maari 2. It had Sai Pallavi as the female lead, while Robo Shankar, Kalloori Vinoth, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Krishna had crucial supporting roles to play. This Balaji Mohan directorial was produced by Dhanush himself under the banner Wunderbar Films.
The song Rowdy Baby from the film was received with so much of love and warmth that it hit 100M views within no time. Now the song has become so popular that it has now reached more than 500 Million views, which is half-a-billion, and thereby becoming the first Tamil song to achieve this feat.
Rowdy Baby was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and crooned by Dhanush and Dhee, with lyrics penned by Dhanush himself. As of now, the video song has 500.5 Million views and 2.2 Million likes.
The visuals, and dance sequences of the song received a lot of praise from all corners. This was announced by the production banner, Wunderbar Studios on their Twitter handle:
We love you back 500M+ guys ❤️ We are speechless by the way you guys showered love on our #RowdyBaby. We mean it. Much LOVE. #Maari2
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— Wunderbar Films (@wunderbarfilms) June 1, 2019