"Srivalli" is an Indian Telugu-language song composed by Devi Sri Prasad, with lyrics by Chandrabose and recorded by Sid Sriram for the soundtrack album of the 2021 film Pushpa: The Rise.
[3] The song was also released in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages with the same title and was included in the respective dubbed versions of the film.
[4] The hook leg-dance step in the film, performed by the lead actor Allu Arjun became widely popular and a pop-cultural phenomenon.
[10] Devi Sri Prasad had initially planned to replace the Hindi version title with "Sridevi" as he felt that Srivalli is the name of a South Indian girl.
The team had tried three to four variations and Javed Ali (singer of Hindi version) has even recorded the song as Sridevi instead of Srivalli but weren't satisfied.
[11] As part of the film's production, the scenes involved in the music video of the song were shot exclusively at the Thirumalai Kovil, Panpoli in Tamil Nadu, India.
That’s when Sukumar decided to incorporate the foot-dragging movement as an actual step in the track and even added that extra zing with the slipper sliding off".
[32] Karthik Keramalu of Deccan Herald opined that the song has catchy lyrics and music which made it find to wider audience quickly other than the Telugu speakers.
[40] Dwayne Bravo,[41] Hardik Pandya,[42] Suresh Raina,[43] Varun Dhawan,[44] Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Yashika Aannand,[45] Anita Hassanandani,[46] Rohit Suchanti,[47] Virat Kohli and several others have recreated the hook-step.