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Yami Gautam dances with zombies. Not the slow, groaning kind — these ones are in full party mode, and she’s leading them through a choreographed frenzy in Phata Patakha, the new song from Nayyi Navelli. The track dropped Tuesday, and it’s exactly what the film’s pitch promised: a chaotic, glitter-drenched romp where horror meets high-octane fun.
Yami, as the newlywed who might be a daayan or a goddess, doesn’t just survive the undead, she turns them into backup dancers. Vijay Ganguly’s choreography leans into the absurd, matching her energy step for step. GV Prakash Kumar’s composition is loud, playful, and unapologetically weird. A musical mood ring for a movie that refuses to take itself seriously.
Madhubanti Bagchi, who sings it, called it ‘pure, uninhibited madness’. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s a vibe. A very specific vibe.
And it lands on October 16, when Nayyi Navelli hits theatres. No trailers, no teasers, just this one song, already circling the internet like a sugar rush. The film, directed by Balaji Mohan and written by Himanshu and Divy Nidhi Sharma, also stars Addinath M Kothare, Anurag Thakur, Sunita Rajwar, and others.
But right now, the only thing anyone’s talking about is Yami, the zombies, and how much they want to see her do this again. Maybe even in a sequel. Or a spin-off. Or a dance-off against a whole cemetery.
The timing’s perfect. After years in Mumbai, sources say Aditya Dhar and Yami have shifted their base to a home in Himachal Pradesh. Whether that’s where the next act of Nayyi Navelli will be filmed remains unconfirmed. But if the song’s anything to go by, the next chapter’s already dancing.
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