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bollywood music video recs
May. 17th, 2008 08:32 pmOne of the things that makes Bollywood movies great, for me, is that they almost always have several music-and-dance numbers in them. I was making a list of some of my favorites for a friend, and figured that some of you might be interested too. So here they are, with a few explanations of the setting/movie. These aren't all my favorites - a lot of them I couldn't find on youtube - but I was too lazy to upload myself, so they'll have to do.
( cutting the first few for length )
Saving the best for last. These songs are from Omkara, a movie that I adore and would recommend to anyone. I don't particularly care for the leads because I don't find either attractive, but they can both act, and the story is well-paced and the dialogue amazing and each individual shot seems like an artistic masterpiece. Also, the songs are just awesome.
Omkara
Not a music video as much as a scene from the movie with the music playing in the background. Including this mainly because I love the way the brawl goes, and how at the end Omkara calmly walks up to the guy pointing the gun at him and gently takes it away, saying "you put bets on horses, not tigers". Would utterly adore this character if he was at all cute (and not about to turn utterly crazy).
Naina
What's happening during this song: a girl nurses Omkara and falls in love with him. She's engaged to be married to someone else, though, so she drops her ring into Omkara's drink and sends him a note, saying that if he doesn't marry her she'll commit suicide. (And she's the most sane person in this movie.)
Laakad
A short song, less than two minutes. Including it because I liked the way it was shot.
Namak
An item number, which is basically a song where a girl (who usually doesn't appear again in the movie) dresses & dances provocatively. The girl in question is one of my favorite dancers, Bipasha Basu, and she's amazing in both this and Beedi.
O Saathi Re
The heroine is pissed (I can't remember why. Perhaps Omkara left the toilet seat up) and Omkara, being the brave and fearless fighter that he is, runs from her like a scared chicken. And then they have sex.
Beedi
This film has two item numbers, going off the philosophy, one assumes, that you can never have too much of a good thing. (Like I said before, we Indians are geniuses.) This song's probably my favorite of the lot - everyone's drunk and dancing against each other and Bipasha and the male lead dancer are the sexiest things ever. It is the most gloriously raunchy thing. If you watch one video from this post, watch this!
( cutting the first few for length )
Saving the best for last. These songs are from Omkara, a movie that I adore and would recommend to anyone. I don't particularly care for the leads because I don't find either attractive, but they can both act, and the story is well-paced and the dialogue amazing and each individual shot seems like an artistic masterpiece. Also, the songs are just awesome.
Omkara
Not a music video as much as a scene from the movie with the music playing in the background. Including this mainly because I love the way the brawl goes, and how at the end Omkara calmly walks up to the guy pointing the gun at him and gently takes it away, saying "you put bets on horses, not tigers". Would utterly adore this character if he was at all cute (and not about to turn utterly crazy).
Naina
What's happening during this song: a girl nurses Omkara and falls in love with him. She's engaged to be married to someone else, though, so she drops her ring into Omkara's drink and sends him a note, saying that if he doesn't marry her she'll commit suicide. (And she's the most sane person in this movie.)
Laakad
A short song, less than two minutes. Including it because I liked the way it was shot.
Namak
An item number, which is basically a song where a girl (who usually doesn't appear again in the movie) dresses & dances provocatively. The girl in question is one of my favorite dancers, Bipasha Basu, and she's amazing in both this and Beedi.
O Saathi Re
The heroine is pissed (I can't remember why. Perhaps Omkara left the toilet seat up) and Omkara, being the brave and fearless fighter that he is, runs from her like a scared chicken. And then they have sex.
Beedi
This film has two item numbers, going off the philosophy, one assumes, that you can never have too much of a good thing. (Like I said before, we Indians are geniuses.) This song's probably my favorite of the lot - everyone's drunk and dancing against each other and Bipasha and the male lead dancer are the sexiest things ever. It is the most gloriously raunchy thing. If you watch one video from this post, watch this!
