This means that the first song must start with (m).Shuru karo antakshri, leke prabhu ka naa m! The game is often kicked off with the consonant /m/ (म ) with the recitation of the following couplet which varies, but usually has wording similar to -īaithe, baithe, kya kare? Karna hai kuch kaam,

The person or team that cannot come up with a song with the right consonant is eliminated if their opponents can produce such a song. The winner or winning team is decided by a process of elimination. The last letter of the last word sung is then used by the next singer to sing another song, starting with that letter. The first singer has to sing two complete lines and then s/he may stop at the end of those or following lines. The game can be played by two or more people and is popular as a group activity during commutes, and social gatherings. Origin Īntakshari was originally present in the Ramayana, where rishis (sages) sang the first verses of bhajanas continuously by singing another Bhajana beginning with the last letter of the ending word. A dialectical variation of the word is इन्ताक्षरी or Intakshri. Due to schwa syncope in Hindi and other Indo-Aryan languages, Antyakshari is pronounced antaksh.ri. When these words are combined and an '-i' suffixed, the term means ' The game of the ending letter'.

The word is derived from two Sanskrit words: antya (अन्त्य) meaning end + akshar (अक्षर) meaning letter of the alphabet.

Antakshari songs alphabetically