Ha, ji! Ms. Rani Mukerji is a now a “rap music icon”!
Today’s #MusicMonday comes from Blue Scholars, the hip hop/spoken word crew out of Seattle. The song comes from their just released album Cinemetropolis, available for download on bandcamp. Each song on the album is named after a person, such as Yuri Kochiyama, Oscar Grant, and Anna Karina.
The duo — DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic — say the song ‘Rani Mukerji’ is a big hit at their live concerts. “Rani appears to be a powerful, intelligent woman and a cultural leader. She does a good job balancing her projected image with dignity and without allowing herself to be objectified,” says DJ Sabzi, adding his favourite Rani film is the 2002 hit Saathiya. [hindustantimes]
Hands down, Rani Mukerji is my favorite song on the album. As a Bangla speaker, I must say, it gives me a little thrill to hear feisty Bengali words in the catchy chorus. I expect I’ll be singing these words all week long.
I loved Saathiya too! Her and Vivek rocked, too bad he dumped her for Aishwarya.
I love BS’s new album and in particular this track, so excited to see it featured here! So what do the Bengali words in the chorus mean?
Tumi amake jano na = You don’t know me
Chere dao = Let me go
Takio na = Don’t look at me
Bolo na = Dont say anything
Sheeshe jaante parbe na = In the end, you will never know me
(Yeeeeeeeeeeah….!)
I thought the last line was cheshta koreleo jaante paarbe na = even if you try you won’t know (me) . Am I just hearing things?
I thought the last line sounds like ‘Shesh Korleo jaante parbe naa= ‘Even if you finish you won’t know me’ which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but that’s I keep hearing. Also this use of ‘jaano naa’ sounds grammatically incorrect to me. Shouldn’t it be ‘Tumi aamake CHINO naa’?
I thought “Chino” was to recognize and “jaano” was to know/understand…. ? (But I wouldn’t know – my Bangla is basic conversational).
The last line to me is a bit blurry.
‘Chino’ does mean to recognize but it also means to know in the context of knowing people versus a fact or subject. I guess it is rather ambiguous and either ‘jaano’ or ‘chino’ could be used but the latter sounds more natural to me..
This group is wonderful! Good things come from Seattle 🙂 ! Yuri Kochiyama is also a great song! The lyrics and beats in almost of all of their songs is witty and catchy. Definitely check’em out if they come to city near you!