Daily Archives: February 12, 2010

A Little SRK/Kajol/Bollywood Tutorial

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So in anticipation of My Name is Khan (MNIK), which releases tomorrow, DesiHits released a list of their top five favorite SRK+Kajol songs. Funny, I was doing the same thing to a small extent on Twitter when I was traveling to NYC to the press conference for MNIK. Two of the songs, “Suraj Hua Madham” from Kabbi Khushi Kabbi Gham and the “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” theme song were among the ones I tweeted. My friends who haven’t seen any Bollywood movies peppered me with questions re: SRK, Kajol and Bollywood music.

Look guys, I can’t tell you what to listen when it comes to Indian music.  Figure it out for yourself. But, since I apparently have an SRK girl-crush, here, without further ado, are my favorite SRK+Kajol songs. (Oh, by the way Bollywood neophytes, yes I do blame Bollywood for giving me unrealistic expectations about men. You bet I do. Login to your Facebook account to see the group.) Okay, some of them are from the same movie. MNIK is only their sixth movie together, whaddya want?

5) “Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main” from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Ah, the era of Bollywood movies shot in Switzerland. It took me a while to figure out that India didn’t have um, snowy mountains everywhere. I was a slow child, what can I say?

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Why I Heart the Mutiny?

Posted on February 12, 2010 by | 4 Comments

Probably not, but just in case you were wondering, I wanted to let you know that I’m still around, writing regularly for Sepia Mutiny, the biggest, baddest, brownest, most belligerent South Asian blog on the net. I forget to cross-post sometimes most of the time, which is probably not a good thing, but just a reminder that you can catch some of my stuff on Sepia Mutiny. Here’s a quick checklist of the stuff I’ve blogged for them since I began in August, starting from the most recent post.

  • Q&A with @PorkAdventurer aka Abdullah Saeed. By far one of my most favorite interviews ever. Abdullah and I met at the Brew Ha Ha cafe near 12 and Walnut. He had Earl Grey, I had mint tea. (No bacon, alas.) I predict great things for this one, folks. Great things. And he’s a Philadelphian, profiling Philadelphia places! Love it!
  • Khan Takes on Manhattan. Getting the chance to cover an actual Bollywood press conference was definitely a dream come true. And I didn’t trip (too much) over cables and whatnot. And I asked a question and my voice didn’t shake! I can haz be professional? Perhaps. See? Blogging for SM has it perks :P
  • Zardari Tells Crowd to Shaddup. Hmm, either we don’t have a lot of Pakistani readers, or I just didn’t write anything thought-provoking. Guessing it was the latter.
  • Tea with Chachaji. Event listing. Send me your events, yo.

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