is an Indian Tamil-language song composed by Anirudh Ravichander, written by Arunraja Kamaraj and performed by Shilpa Rao, for the soundtrack album of the 2023 film Jailer, starring Rajinikanth and written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar for Sun Pictures.

"Kaavaalaa" opens with a flute interlude that occurs predominantly to provide an Afrobeat-kind of music.

[1] The humming after the hook line shared similarities with that of "Aadaludan Paadalai Kettu" from Kudiyirundha Koyil (1968).

After sorting out various phonetics, he found "Kaavaalaa" to be catchy and eventually becoming the hook line of the track.

[11] The song was teased with a promo video featuring Nelson, Anirudh and Kamaraj that was released on 3 July 2023.

[12] It was released as the lead single from the album on 6 July, accompanied with a lyrical video featuring snippets from the song.

It was also released in Telugu as "Kaavaali", in Hindi as "Tu Aa Dilbara", in Kannada as "Kaavaalaayya", and in Malayalam under the same title, with Sindhuja Srinivasan performing all the versions in place of Shilpa Rao.

[24] The hook step performed by Bhatia went viral upon social media,[25][26] resulting in numerous recreations.