''Little Superstar'' is a video uploaded on

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, which is a clip from the 1990 Tamil film '' Adhisaya Piravi'', starring Rajinikanth. The clip features the

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actor

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(not to be confused with Thavakalai), and another Indian dwarf actor, E. Shankar (also known as King Kong)

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". Various mashups have also appeared on the Internet using tracks from Cypress Hill,

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and others, including ''Ted's Fear Factory'' video. The first site to feature ''Little Superstar'' and give the clip its name was Dorks.com. The video has been featured on YouTube, in

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's bulletins on Myspace, on the E! TV show ''

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'', the

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shows ''Countdown'' with

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and

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, G4TV's ''

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'' and elsewhere, as well as having been parodied on ''

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''. Another popular video clip features King Kong (not E. Shankar) slapping a man from the same film. In recent years, actor

(E. Shankar) has choreographed a dance number in a ''

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Tandoori Sizzler!'' commercial shown in

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, which was filmed in

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Transcript of the video

Dancing clip

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:'' Dude, give me a beedi. ''Rajinikanth:'' Hey! Kids shouldn't smoke. ''King Kong:'' Buddy, I'm ten years older than you. Give it to me I say. ''Rajinikanth:'' And if I don't? ''King Kong:'' I'll skin you alive. ''Rajinikanth:'' Here you go.

Slapping clip

''King Kong:'' Brother, you don't worry about this silly duel. I'll take care of this myself (with my hands). ''Rajinikanth:'' Ok. (King Kong slaps thug) ''King Kong:'' 'pauses and looks at Rajinikanth''Dude, how (am I doing)? ''Rajinikanth:'' Great! ''Rajinikanth:'' Enough. He's going to die! 'King Kong returns to cot'' ''Rajinikanth:'' Well, is this enough or do you want a piece of me too?

Misconceptions

The clips were incorrectly reported as being from

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films, in some places on the web and TV media, such as YouTube, Yahoo and the "Oddball Plays of the Month" segment of the Keith Olbermann show on MSNBC. The film is actually from

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, colloquially known as Kollywood, the

filmmaking industry based in

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, India.

has been incorrectly described as a

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in some places. He is actually an adult with dwarfism. He was also never known as a "little superstar" in the Tamil film industry and is only the title of the clip given by its uploaders.

In popular culture

A parody version of ''Little Superstar'' starring porn star

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first started turning up on

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websites in March 2007. Another parody starring

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as King Kong and

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as Rajinikanth aired on ''

'' on 21 April 2007. '' Nobody's Watching'' also created a parody of the video. A parody of ''Little Superstar'' appeared in the season finale "

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" of the sixth season of '' American Dad!''. It was also cited by

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as a source of inspiration for SNL's "Haunted Elevator" sketch, which aired in late 2016 and featured noted character David S. Pumpkins.

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External links

"Little Superstar Returns"
on YouTube
Doritos Tandoori Sizzlin commercialBehind the scenes footage of the Doritos Tandoori Sizzler commercialAdhisaya PiraviSlapping sceneFight sceneCountdown with Keith Olbermann 29 September 2006Tucker Carlson 28 September 2006
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