Longtime readers of this blog may know that I get some of inspiration from songs that I have heard on TV e.g. from commercials or music heard as background. Today's selection is also from TV - however, this one was actually used in a Bollywood routine on 'So You Think You Can Dance' (Season 14, Episode 13 for those interested). Realising that this songs 'slaps' (I believe that is the correct term from my kids), I turned to the internet to find out more...
... and came across the scene from the 2015 movie 'Do Dhadakne Do' where it originated and fell in love. Now, I have not seen the entire film so have absolutely no context about this scene but a couple of things are apparent:
- The scene was (allegedly) filmed in a single shot and;
- It looks like every Jewish wedding or bar mitzvah that I have ever attended!
You may recognise some of the actors in this movie e.g. Priyanka Chopra (Mrs Nick Jonas), Anil Kappor (Slumdog Millionaire, 24) etc. However, as is usual with most Bollywood movies, none of the actors here sing and instead 'playback singers' are used. In this case, the song was composed by the trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and features Shankar Mahadevan, Yashita Sharma, Manish Kumar Tipu, Farhan Akhtar, and Sukhwinder Singh.
Enjoy... and, yes, I do know all the steps :-)
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