Mostly Hindi Playlist

Not too serious a post--a friend asked for some Indian music recommendations and I put together a little (ok, not little, it's 100 songs) playlist for him.  Just posting it here if anyone wants an afternoon or ten of music to listen to, and also to test out the playlist embed link for future use.

Enjoy! :)

And the second half since 100 videos seems to be too much for Blogger to handle...

Song of the Day--Deedar De (Dus)

I thought about posting my favorite song from Dus ("Dus Bahaane") or even my second favorite song ("Cham Se") but thought "Deedar De" was a bit more interesting (even if it has less Abhishek and a lot less Zayed Khan, shame).

What does it have going for it then?  Let's see...there's Mayte Garcia (the artist formerly known as the wife of Prince) doing her best booty shaking (and wow look at those arms!), alongside two nondescript random blonde-ish women, one of whom is wearing one of the most hideous dresses known to mankind (the pink one, in case it's in any way unclear).

And then there's Abhishek (squee!) with a gun (boo) and Esha Deol (is it me or is she doing some serious bra stuffing here?) in the only role I've been able to stand her in so far apart from Yuva (and if I recall the plot of Dus correctly (if you can call it a plot) Abhi had a bit of an itch for Esha's character, which explains the whole "you touch my woman and I'll shoot you in the head" thing they've got going here) and Suniel Shetty, in probably the last movie he did before he officially became middle-aged uncle material (in my opinion anyways).

Oh and Zayed Khan, who's totally hot in this, which is lucky for him because his acting in this is so bad that his character is nearly irredeemable.

So let's see it then shall we?  :)

Who's the Best?

I'm the best!

(If I have to have this song stuck in my head all day then so do you.)

Actually I'm not sure which version is worse/awesomer (shut up, that's a word)--Shah Rukh's or Juhi's. Let's compare:

Twitter Troll Says What?

Rajeev Masand, of CNN-IBN, might not be the most beloved film critic in the world (though I really like him), but this seems a little extreme.  Someone set up an account in Taran Adarsh's name and, well...see for yourself:

Why don't you tell us how you really feel buddy?

In case you're wondering, the real Taran Adarsh's account looks like this:

The internet never fails to amuse...

Song of the Day--Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai (Loafer)

Mohammad Rafi's "Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai" came to my attention through the Monsoon Wedding soundtrack, and I listened to it for years before I bothered to seek out the original video.  I'm so glad I finally did though, becuase, well, LOOK at it!  Dharmendra!  Plaid pants!  Big hair!  It's 70s eye candy for sure.  My only quibble is that the film version leaves out my favorite verse:

Kya hua hai, hua kuch nahi hai
Baat kya hai pataa kuch nahi hai
Mujhse koi kataa ho gaye to
Isme mere kataa kuch nahi hai
Kuubasuurat hai tuu rut javaan hai...

I dare you not to have this beautiful tune in your head all day.