Day 29: The North has gone South

Let's face it; North India secretly has an obsession with the South. It explains why so many movies are remakes (Billu Barber, Singham, Ready, Rowdy Rathore, Bodyguard, Force, Bhool Bhulaiya, Garam Masala, Ghajini, Sunday, Shakti, Ek Deewana Tha, etc etc.)

Here are a few North Indian songs, coupled with their Southie originals. (This wouldn't be fair if I didn't do the converse, so I'll cover that another day.)

1) Title Song - Saathiya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMEtXqLh1A
Pachai Nirame - Alai Payuthey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cECtE8DVTyo

2) Dhinka Chika - Ready
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWRE98YSO00
Ring Ringa - Aarya 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAY-mTjp-w

3) Khwabon Khwabon - Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtX7iJeDc3c
Uyirin Uyire - Kaakha Kaakha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkgwiu99mAg

4) Suniye To - Yes Boss. Little older one, I actually think this one is considerably better than the original...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ24Y1cUaT4
Azhagiya Laila - Ullathai Alli Tha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYO-DI2z2Dg

5) Aa Re Pritam Pyare - Rowdy Rathore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlonlZQ_gbs
Vaadi Vaadi Naatu - Alli Thanda Vaanam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTWppVudE8

6) Chikni Chameli - Agneepath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZtovGD1dw4
Kombdi Palali - Jatra. This is Marathi, but regardless has a heavy south influence, so I thought I'd add it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIgyiHxSbiM

UPDATE:
7) Aa Ante Amalapuram - Maximum (Thanks to Sidra for pointing this one out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM1-9L607F8
Aa Ante Amalapuram - Aarya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htnO7XWage0

Day 28: Hip-hop Infused Bolly

Going to Korea for a month, had to deal with some visa nonsense, but I'm back today to cover a special topic requested by my friend from DDT, ayeHipHopper. 
Here are some Bollywood songs with strong backbeats you could use for hip-hop choreography. I'll start with more recent ones and progress to older songs.


-Aafaton Ke Parinde - Ishaqzaade. Currently my number one pick for hiphop choreo, especially with the rise of dubstep oriented choreo. You could come up with some really sick stuff with all the diverse beats in this song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNFV4FtPPAQ


-Preeya Kalidas - Love Between Us (Tazzz Remix). An awesome hiphop track with a sample from Ram Lakhan (1989). I heard this for the first time on DesiBeatsSunday radio, which you should also check out: https://www.facebook.com/events/351810978202740
Anyways, here's the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pa9oSNzQY


-Boli Pauni (Resurrection Remix) - DJ Sanj. Dirrtty beats on this remake of the famous original. RIP Soni Pabla.
http://soundcloud.com/inderjitdhanjumedia/boli-pauni-resurrection-rmx


-Piya Tu Kaahe Rootha Re - Kahaani. This one is more rock than hiphop, but depending on your style, still useable. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rr19r00Vho


-Bedardi Raja (Grind Mix) - Dehli Belly. A cool "grindy" remix of the original from Delhi Belly. Some DnB influences as well. Great for freestyle (right JB?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s081MoZGXUI


-Jhoom Jhoom Ta Hun - Players. This is closer to a Hardstyle/House dance beat than hiphop, but still a popular and hard hitting song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8_ZI265Q1A
 
-Mere Naal Nach - Bikram Singh. Punjabi, but has a strong back beat for choreo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PW-Doz3S-w 


-Oh Girl, You're Mine - Housefull. Works well for a partner dance, in fact I've seen one before. If you're interested, I can forward the video to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1T374RB8d8


-Main Deewana - Ganesh Hegde. This guy is originally a choreographer, tried his hand at singing a song and it became a big hit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BnxutSJ9k

-Backstabbers - Panjabi MC and Daz Dillinger. Also known as the Badmaash Tryouts stretching song for the last several years. Has a great breakbeat for hiphop or bboy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZehG-2cUSWI


-The song Yaar Bathere, which I posted previously, also has potential for hiphop. I'll repost it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj3L0trEf-4

 

Day 27: Friends

Had a day off for my birthday.
Missing my close friend group from school, so today's songs are about that:

Hindi:
1) Title Song - Dil Chahta Hai. Road trips are awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_TfqqmTewI

2) All Izz Well - 3 Idiots. Never saw this movie, but in the words of my cynical friend, it's a comedy movie interlaced with abrupt horrible tragedy. And this video reflects that rather well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-LltgOtFSg


Tamil:
1) Ilangaathu Veesudhe - Pithamagan. A fantastic movie (little scary), but you grow to like this friend group of misfits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFn9rM47nZ8

2) Mustafa Mustafa - Kadhal Desam. Another song infused with a solid amount of english, but regardless a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSstxWel-U

Telugu:
1) O My Friend - Happy Days. I think it's hilarious that the movie and song title have not a single word of Telugu. Aside from that, Karthik's singing in this song is very fitting to the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqgMmc5cak

Day 26: Memes

I hate to do a topic like this, but there's been an increase in Indian music in internet memes lately, so I might as well cover it. I promise I'll return to more normal music tomorrow.

Tamil:
Kalloori Vaanil - Pennin Manathai Thottu. Also known as Benny Lava. For those not familiar, someone took this Tamil song and subtitled it. But instead of translating it, they simply wrote the words they thought it was saying in English. Obviously ended hilariously; there are now several Benny Lava merchandise, including t-shirts that you can buy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxS6bFFhi6g

Punjabi:
Tunak Tunak Tun - Daler Mehndi. Absurd subtitler ("Buffalax") strikes again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG_fey4_ow

Telugu:
1) Gola Gola - Ashok --> Indian Nyan Cat.
First watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFaQyucfnc4  Relatively impressive Telugu music video.
Then watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4  Lord help us all.
Then finally, the demon child of the two:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wdw64aHYXA
It's frightening how well the dance moves work.

2) Golimaar - Donga. Also known as Indian Thriller. Self-explanatory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x81iip6psks


Now that that's over with, I'll post some meaningful songs tomorrow.

Day 25: Try To Keep Up

A few songs with really difficult dance moves.

Hindi:
Hrithik Roshan blows everyone out of the water, with Shahid Kapoor on his tail.
1) Baawre-Luck By Chance. The moves at 0:54. No camera is HD enough to figure out what in the world he is doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slAtAdceDrI&feature=fvwrel

2) Fire - Kites. Those windmills are very clean, and I am very jealous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T4iwKJ0_eM

Tamil:
Lawrence and Prabhu Deva are kings here, but I'll focus more on Lawrence.
1) Thaam Thakka Theem - Thirumalai. This is not sped up, its actual speed. Some parts look like they're on fast forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMJOzhrTWa4

2) Sangili Bungili - Kanchana. Some of the most impressive south Indian moves I've seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopgCT2X_0g

Telugu:
1) Style Zindabad - Style. Lawrence back again, doing some mind defying dance moves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRVrQ1nBsY

2) Va Re Va- Bunny. Allu Arjun (Indian Thriller guy's nephew) is another fantastic dancer, and I'm surprised he has functioning knees after doing this music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-M1ksz0dnY

Day 24: It's Cold

Couple songs about cold air/weather/water.

Hindi:
Thandi Hawayen - Naujawan. An oldie by Lata.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ki6Mzkb0GY

Tamil:
Kuliruthu Kuliruthu - Taj Mahal. A little older AR Rahman song from the dismal movie Taj Mahal. Luckily the songs from the movie make up for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tljETTHMs

Day 23: Competition Bhangra Tunes

And after another absurd delay, during which I graduated, had my last Badmaash show and released a video game, I'm finally back in control of this blog. I promise nearly daily posts for at least the remainder of this summer.

Here are a few songs that I like from this bhangra competition season, all very danceable songs.

1) Katal Kare - DJ Sanj.  Currently also the #1 downloaded south asian song on the internet for the month. Not a terrible fan of Sanj's rapping, but I hope he'll figure it out soon that his music is fantastic without it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZy3ZrFDJEE

2) Kan Kar Gal Sun - Cloud 9. Takes about a minute to get started, but it's good stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHy83v1GZ54

3) Gabroo Rangeeleh - Gupsy Aulja and Saini Surinder. This song features Violinder, which I think is definitely the highlight of this song, especially that ending. He's going places and I hope he stays very prominent in the music industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGYf3ki6l7M

4) Shake it - Saini Surinder. Much more modern track, catchy tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL8UsyOUsy4

Bonus) Yaar Bathere - Alfaaz ft. Honey Singh. Wasn't in any competitions, but this song is just so heavy, I had to include it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj3L0trEf-4