Roll Rida and Manisha's 'Arupu' rakes in almost 2M views

Released on August 25, ‘Bigg Boss’ Telugu season 2 contestant

Roll Rida

and

Manisha Eerabathini

’s powerful rap song ‘

Arupu

’ has almost raked in 2M

views

on YouTube alone.

The video that is dedicated to women, talks of the issues they face in society and at home and urges them to stay strong has raked in 1,935,434 views at the time of writing. Composed by Kamran, the video has been directed by

Harikanth Gunamagari

with

Krishna Kanth

penning the female lyrics. While Roll Rida is busy with his stint in the ‘Bigg Boss’ house, Manisha commented under the video and wrote, “Happy to have sung in this incredible video as well as to be in it! Thank you Roll Rida, Kamran, Kala Media & team :) ” (sic)

The video features Roll Rida, sitting blind-folded and bound in a chair with television screens running behind him. The video also makes use of news clips showcasing the horrific treatment women and girl children are meted out in India. Manisha’s vocals in particular talk of how a woman sacrifices her blood and tears to give birth to humans; who only grow up to trample her down. Roll Rida’s on the other hand talk of specific cases where children are raped by loved ones and killed by NRI families they’re married into. The video also touches the topic of shaming of women and victim blaming. The heart-breaking video ends with Roll Rida breaking free of his shackles and removing his blindfold.