Stree 2 Lullaby Soft Chitti Goes Viral, Here's The Lore Behind Aparshakti Khurana's Viral Song

Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Stree 2 has been making waves at the box office, breaking records of blockbuster Hindi films. Apart from its box office collection, the movie is constantly in the news owing to its content and performances by the actors. Among all, one moment has captured movie buffs' attention and several memes and clips have been made on the same. It is the lullaby, Soft Chitti Warm Chitti, that Aparshakti Khurana sang to his on-screen girlfriend. However, do you know where this song originated?

What is the scene in the question?

In one of the starting scenes, Aparshati is shown singing Soft Chitti Warm Chitti, to put his girlfriend to sleep the moment before she is taken away by Sarkata. The scene garnered major attention just for its lullaby and became one of the hot topics on the internet.

Do you know from where the lullaby Soft Chitti Warm Chitti originated?

The makers recreated a famous poem from the 19th century. It is a Polish lullaby titled Wlazł kotek na płotek, which means a kitten on a fence. It was reportedly written by Oskar Kolberg and was composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko.

Where else have you heard this lullaby?

The moment the audience heard this lullaby in the movie, they immediately tracked it back to the hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory. In one of the episodes, Penny (played by Kaley Cuoco) is heard singing Soft Kitty to Sheldon Cooper (played by Jim Parsons). It was portrayed as Sheldon's comforting song.

The lullaby's lyrics go like this, "Soft kitty, Warm kitty, Little ball of fur. Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty, Purr Purr Purr."

What do we know about Stree 2?

Helmed by Amar Kaushik, the horror comedy movie is enjoying its run in the theatres even in the fourth week of its release. On the 24th day, the movie witnessed a 29.41 per cent spike in the collection since day 23rd. On the fourth Sunday, the movie earned ₹11 crore, taking the grand total to ₹ 527.25 crore at the box office in India.