Uff Teri Adaa is a 2010 hindi song from the movie Karthik Calling Karthik. The track is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...

 with lyrics by Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed...

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Development

Uff Teri Adaa is a trippy techno song that envelops the folk roots

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

. The song was redone fourteen times as director Vijay Lalwani was very fuzzy about what he wanted.

The song also marks the debut of Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa in Delhi is an upcoming playback singer who has made her debut as a singer in the film Karthik Calling Karthik in which she sang Uff Teri Adaa....

, daughter of Loy Mendonsa

Loy Mendonsa

Loy Mendonsa is part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio which consist of himself, Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan Noorani. Before becoming a music composer, he was a keyboard musician for famous music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan...

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Chart performance

The song went on to top the musical charts The song climbed to the top spot in Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

 Top 20 of the week on March 8 and clinched the 6th place in the Top 100 songs of 2010 list. The song also peaked at #5 on the Asian Music Charts The song becoming a rage gave the Karthik Calling Karthik a clear advantage over its competitor Teen Patti

Teen Patti (film)

Teen Patti is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Leena Yadav. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R. Madhavan, Raima Sen, Shraddha Kapoor and is produced by Ambika Hinduja under the banners Hinduja Ventures and Serendipity Films...

Awards

• International Indian Film Academy Awards
  International Indian Film Academy Awards
  The International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA Awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in...
  
  

Nominated - IIFA Award for Best Male Playback - Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

• Stardust Award

Nominated - New Musical Sensation - Female - Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa in Delhi is an upcoming playback singer who has made her debut as a singer in the film Karthik Calling Karthik in which she sang Uff Teri Adaa....

• BIG Star Entertainment Awards
  BIG Star Entertainment Awards
  The Big STAR Entertainment Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatre and dance...
  
  

Nominated - BIG Star Most Entertaining Song - "Uff Teri Adaa"

See Also

• Karthik Calling Karthik (soundtrack)
  Karthik Calling Karthik (soundtrack)
  Karthik Calling Karthik is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name. The soundtrack was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar...
  
  
• Karthik Calling Karthik
• Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
  Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
  Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...