{"id":5287,"date":"2008-07-10T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5287"},"modified":"2008-07-10T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T18:36:36","slug":"while_american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/while_american\/","title":{"rendered":"While American TV Does Bollywood, Bollywood Does….?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s about 1:15 of a song called “Dil Dance Maare” from the new Hindi film, Tashan<\/em>. The two male leads are the currently ubiquitous Askhay Kumar, and Saif Ali Khan. The female lead is Kareena Kapoor:<\/p>\n\n

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The lyrics are a little… well… I don’t really know how to describe them:<\/p>\n\n

White white face dheke dil woh beating fast sasura [When I see a ‘white white’ face, my heart starts beating fast<\/em>]
\nJaan se maare reeee eehhheeee

\n\nAare
\nWhite white face dheke dil woh beating fast sasura
\nJaan se maare re
\nOhhhooo
\nWhite white face dheke

\n\nAahh\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nWhite white face dheke dil woh beating fast sasura
\nJaan se maare re
\nOh very\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 oh very\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nOh very happy in my heart
\nDil dance maare re
\nVery happy in my heart, dil dance maare re
\nDil dance maare dance maare
\nDil yeh dance maare
\nOh very happy in my heart
\nDil dance maare re<\/blockquote>\n\n

It’s not entirely<\/em> an arbitrary expression of a self-hating colonial mentality (or, as Fela Kuti said, “colo-mentality”); in the context of the film, the characters apparently come across an American film crew while traveling around India, and join the production — hence the blond wigs and so on. (My wife was watching the DVD in the other room, and she called me in when this song came on: you have to see this<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n

Still, am I the only one to find the song\/video at once deeply embarrassing and oddly catchy? I’ve been finding myself singing it for comic effect for family and friends this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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