Nora Fatehi breaks silence on ‘KD: The Devil’ song row: I don’t endorse vulgarity

Actor Nora Fatehi, who featured in the controversial song from the pan-Indian movie KD: The Devil, has opened up about the criticism against the dance number. Directed by Prem and produced by Dhruva Sarja, the movie is bankrolled by KVN Productions of Toxic and Jana Nayagan fame.

The Kannada original version of the song, titled ‘Sarse Ninna Seraga Sarse’, was slammed for its “obscene” lyrics by fans and people from film fraternity on social media. Nora Fatehi and Sanjay Dutt feature in the song, written by Prem.

In a video released on March 18, 2026 (Wednesday), Nora said that she “doesn’t endorse vulgarity”. She added that she wasn’t aware about the lyrics of the Hindi version. Incidentally, the Hindi dubbed version of the song, titled ‘Sarke Chunari Teri Sarke’, received bigger criticism than the Kannada original. Owing to the servere backlash, the Hindi version was removed from YouTube by the makers.

“I shot the song three years ago. I agreed for the project because I was going to share screen with Sanjay Dutt who is a legend. I thought the song was a remake of the iconic number from Khalnayak,” Nora said.

The actor added, “The original song was in Kannada, a language I don’t understand. When they explained me about the song I didn’t find anything inappropriate. But again, I am not fluent in the language.”

Nora said she alerted director Prem about the impending controversy when she heard the Hindi version during the launch of the song recently.

“First of all, I wasn’t happy with the choice of photos they used for the Kannada lyrical version. They were very unlfattering and the makers didn’t take my approval. And when I heard the Hindi version, I warned the director that this could get controversial. I even disassociated myself with the project by not promoting the song. The makers used an AI Image of myself and Sanjay Dutt. I am completely against AI”

Nora said she considered the backlash as meaningful feedback. “The criticism will only help me be more cautious going forward in my career.”