S&D: Bollywood sndtrks/comps.

Pale = beautiful is clearly a huge issue and one that goes far beyond the film industry. It's an exaggeration to say that the majority of stars are 'almost white' but there's no doubt the actors are not reflective of the country's diversity.

well yeah there's no arguing with that

just saying that when I'm out eating chaat somewhere and watching vids looped on dvd on the big flatscreen in the corner more people in the newer vids have a homogenized look but then again I don't really pay close attention to these movies on a historical basis, and actively dislike most of them

whenever I listen to that sun city girls track, after it's over, I think to myself "good hustle guys"

uh oh i'm having a fantasy otm. one of the things i love about sharukh khan is how indo his features are--sort of amazed he still gets cast.

but not really because he's awesome.

Bit depressing to see him in skin-lightening cream adverts but he's completely amazing otherwise.

did you guys see the whole Aishwarya Rai skin-lightening controversy? it wasn't her; it was a fashion magazine that apparently lightened her in Photoshop for the cover

http://jezebel.com/5719938/lawsuit-rumors-for-elle-india-skin+lightening-controversy

:( i hadn't read that

last time i was in india, my sister and i were joking about using the skin-lightening creams we saw freaking everywhere and my male cousin, very seriously, was like, i can get you guys some if you want it! it turned out his sister had a gigantic stash.

yeah :(

Aishwarya Rai is teh hotness

i'm sure i have no idea what i'm talking about, but my sister's in india for the summer working and she and i were talking about how what indians need is an analogue to the Black Arts/Black Power movement. obviously it's a different situation and would look different and it's pretty ridiculous of me to be opining about what a subcontinent full of people should be doing but.

that's pretty far off-topic i guess

i've never used these creams, and i object to the principle. (i bet they're not safe either.) but i'm a bit sensitive about the issue, because i actually got made fun of in the opposite way when I was a kid--I'm paler than a lot of Indian people (my family hails from the mountainous North) and my hair is more brown than black. when i was a kid, other indian kids would tell me i didn't look 'indian' enough, or that i must be half-Indian, or whatever, but no--my parents are both Indian

it was really odd

the funny thing is, when i was 14 years old, i actually hated Bollywood movies--at the time I wore all black and listened to Coil (why did I have so many Coil records? I don't remember now) but i distrusted Bollywood and its big, colorful, over-the-topness: it signified the mainstream to me, which i hated at the time

now, many years later, in my 30s, i adore Bollywood movies, and i appreciate them: also, things get more interesting when you add some time to them

yeah i didn't mean to suggest there's only one "indo" look. (my family hails from the mountainous north, too!)

Disco circa 1985, from the movie Saaheb, music by Bappi Lahiri:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzOSqkWfCY

you can see a lot of michael jackson in those dance moves as well

plot synopsis, courtesy of Wikipedia:

Anil Kapoor plays Saaheb, the youngest son of the family. He is focused on football, his passion. Due to this, everyone in the family constantly tells him he is no good. However when circumstances demand, he gives up his kidney to fund his sister's marriage, at the cost of his football career.

it's no "aao na" but it's cool

Don't really know much about Bollywood but some Kollywood soundtracks I've enjoyed

Kadhal Rojave
Kadhalan
Paruthiveeran
Kannathil Muthamittal
Ghilli
Anniyan
Chandramukhi

tell me more! tamil cinema is not something i know that much about

more Bollywood 'I Feel Love' action (Bappi Lahiri, in case you were wondering)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Cg-eFUWho

(starting at around 2:30)

Me on some Bollywood disco gems, over at Wired's Beyond the Beyond:

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/09/musica-globalista-geeta-dayal-on-disco-part-1/

this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBu_TBNmmkc

Babla's Disco Sensation isn't a Bollywood OST per se but still really good, "Old film hits with a new disco touch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMxl-wLNOB4

http://bodegapop.blogspot.com/2013/06/get-this-two-dozen-track-revelation-here.html

I gave myself a task: Using only CDs I'd purchased in Jackson Heights, Queens, over the last decade or so, create the Single Most Kick Ass 1970s-80s Bollywood Freak Out Mix of All Time without resorting to any track included on any previous Western Consumer-targeted Bollywood Funk/Disco/Dance or other compilation.

I really really love the 1930s/40s stuff on the History Of Indian Film Music box set from a few years ago. I'm having a hard time finding other CDs of that period however. Any recommendaions? I do have wonderful comps of Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar that are comprised of 40s-60s stuff, i believe.

That Bodega Pop link doesn't seem to work for me. Bah.

Any decent overviews of more recent Bollywood stuff (Yo Yo Honey Singh, "Badtameez Dil", etc)?

Isn't there a new thread kinda covering this now...forget what its called

Ah, sorry, I'd missed Rolling Punjab, Hindi/Bollywood, etc. jams from Central Asia... - though I can't see anything in that thread due to YT being blocked in China, and a rolling thread might not be the right place to ask about 90s/00s/etc overview comps.

Feels like the '90s are old enough for this thread. So, what about '90s Bollywood?

I'm hoping in vain that it'll all be like "My Adorable Darling"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4tmeg9me9E&t=4s

(Purists would argue they should've bought fewer guitars and more amps.)

Allegedly Anu Malik's songs did resemble lots of other songs, but not Bollywood ones.

Gurudev (1992)
R D Burman
Asha Bhosle,Shailendra Singh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=dpCrRj0CRKE

he he digging this list: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWYRTlrhMB12D?si=wIekccu4R2-aoJKNIB7t3w