‘Biryani Anthem’ by B’luru Comedian Ahmed Shariff goes Viral
The ubiquitous biryani is glorified through an anthem now! Biryani lovers will agree with every line of what Ahmed Shariff is singing. The ‘biryani anthem’ — a parody of Ed Sheeran’s Shape of you is now the talk of the town. The video which crossed the two million mark within 24 hours of going online, is made by the Bengaluru-based stand-up comedian, Ahmed Shariff along with Sanjay Manaktala and Praveen Kumar.
The over a three-minute video is all about biryani and things biryani lovers do to get their biryani fix. Biryani lovers are tagging each other on social media to the video and having a ball confessing their love for biryani. The video begins with every club crawler’s rues. Clubbing is fun, clubbing is cool, but that ain’t the best place to grab your food. Agree? So, do Ahmed and his gang. With this, they begin confessing their love for biryani and in a way talking to million others that no matter where you go to grab your dinner, it’s biryani hardly anyone says no.
Ahmed says as a group of stand-up comedians it is their constant effort to make videos and memes. To make them viral is important, so is entertainment. “So as a stand-up comedian, I pick the two most favourite topics and mix it. In the case of ‘biryani anthem’, it is biryani and the Shape of you, by Ed Shareen, which is an anthem at the moment. I just mixed the two to express the biryani love,” he says.
The team worked on it for about a month and all of them gave their inputs to make sure nothing about biryani is left behind. The video has several comic moments about bulging waistlines and love for biryani, attending a Muslim wedding mostly for the awesome free biryani, visiting a Muslim friend only with the hope of relishing a plate of homemade biryani and poking fun at the stereotypes that Muslim households only cook biryani every day.
On the sidelights, if you thought you were the only one who hate the idea of biting into an elaichi with that morsel of rice and meat, you are mistaken. That seems to be the problem of all biryani eaters. When it comes to biryani will Hyderabad not get a mention? The artistes list out biryanis from different states and Hyderabadi biryani tops the list. They argue about veg biryani not being a biryani and if you are a non-veg biryani eater, you will find yourself nodding your head in approval.
Lyrics of the ‘Biryani Anthem’:
Come on, let’s go grab a late night dinner I’m hungry. Come with me, we gotta move fast now
Don’t bother, asking me what I’ll order, only one thing I wanna eat now
And I’m singing like
Oh, tonight I’ll have a lot because my Muslim friend is getting married
Pile on that rice and meat
I’m crazy hungry don’t mind me
On Eid, we’ll be back for more
Be careful not to eat an elaichi
Come on now, time to eat
Come, come on now, time to eat
Um…mmm…mmm…
Biryani’s my favorite food
And I’m sure you will like it too
Although my weight is 92
I’m in love with Biryani
One is not enough, I’ll have two
And a side of Kababs too
Veg Biryani’s not Biryani
I’m in love with Biryani
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
Ambur, Hyderabadi
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
Mughlai, Bengali
Oh—I—oh—I—oh—I—oh—I
Malabar, Lakhnawi
Eat with your hands not with a spoon
Biryani’s my favorite food
One weekend, I was just chillin’ with friends and we were watchin’ Game of Thrones.
Biryani is coming.
The time is 1:50, so let’s order on swiggy or screw it let’s just get out of home
We talk for hours sittin’, ’bout the mutton and chicken and how mummy cooks better than this
Leave and get in an auto, then rate on zomato and get the auto-driver also a plate, and I’m singing like
Oh, it’s my choice of drug
A pot of awesomeness made just for me
How come there’s no leg piece?
Because this is prawn Biryani
Dinner, breakfast lunch or brunch
Grab on my plate and put that Biryani
Don’t need coke or weed
When you got Biryani
My favorite Biryani place
Is where I’ll take my Tinder Date
Because at least I’ll get a good meal
If I don’t get lucky
Last night you were in my room
And now my bed sheet smells like you
How about you and me Netflix & Chill
With a pot of Biryani
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Ambur, Hyderabadi
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Mughlai, Bengali
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Come on, eat Biryani, come on
Malabar, Lakhnawi
Every day eating at some place brand new- Biryani’s my favorite food
