{"id":5655,"date":"2009-02-28T02:27:14","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5655"},"modified":"2009-02-28T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T06:25:36","slug":"slumlovin_fusio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/28\/slumlovin_fusio\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumlovin’ Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been away in Delhi for the past month where Slumdog Mania has hit with a frenzy, and stories of Frieda’s engagement\/marriage<\/a> or missing Slumdog kids<\/a> were often the headline story. Oddly enough, soon after touching down stateside I realized that Slumdog Mania has taken the U.S. by storm too.<\/p>\n\n

There were two signs that signaled to me this storm (besides of course the prolific amount of posts I had to catch up on here at SM). The first was when watching my nightly secret addiction, TMZ<\/a>, I saw the infamous Anil Kapoor getting interviewed by paparazzi<\/a>. Not Dev, not Frieda, but Anil. Kapoor. And not just once but a few times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The second happened while flipping through the car radio, I heard what sounded like ‘Jai Ho’ but mangled. Because the girl was singing “Jai” pronounced as “Jay.” I was thrown off. It sounded like an evening of karaoke with the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack gone girl band.<\/p>\n\n

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Okay, so maybe the song isn’t that bad but I prefer the wholesome A.R. Rahman version<\/a>. Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls<\/a> (who I saw once at a secret M.I.A. show in Silverlake) apparently is a fan of Bollywood.<\/p>\n\n

Nicole Scherzinger stated in a past interview with Desi Hits! that she wanted to go Bollywood, and now she has, and according to her the reward is plentiful. “It’s an honor to be able to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and be a part of the Slumdog Millionaire project in any way. The movie, the story, and the music was a gift and very spiritually uplifting for me. I can only hope and pray Slumdog Millionaire, and my version of ‘Jai Ho (You are my Destiny)’ touches and connects people all around the world”. [DesiHits!<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

It is weird to see something that I saw as personal and desi go mainstream. It was just like the first time I heard M.I.A.’s Galang on a car commercial when she first hit the U.S. and I had this little pleasureful tummy flip. As if someone discovered my yummy little secret. But then when M.I.A.’s Paper Plane was picked up by the Pineapple Express trailer<\/a>, my tummy just started feeling queasy. Seeing Slumdog Millionaire going through this process is giving me similar tummy flips – from when I watched the movie in an independent theatre back in the fall to sitting here watching Dev and Freida on the Tyra Banks show teaching Bollywood dances<\/a> as I type this blog.<\/p>\n\n

Abhi touched upon this effect<\/a> earlier, but I wanted to know what all this Slumlovin’ fusion is doing to your tummy. Does it make you feel as uneasy as I do? Or does all the SM love reflect something more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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