"Chaiyya Chaiyya" (Hindi: छैयाँ छैयाँ ) is an Indian song from the 1998 Bollywood film "Dil Se..", composed by A.R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, and sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi. It quickly became popular upon the film’s release, and its music video, directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Shah Rukh Khan and Malaika Arora, gained cult status. The song is based on Sufi music and Urdu poetry. The Tamil version is called "Thaiyya Thaiyya", which was also popular among the Tamils.