Thread: Need Help Finding a Bollywood Song for Gig

I just scored this sweet double gig next month for an Indian wedding: the henna party and the reception.

I got some song ideas from the client for her henna party, but I'd like some suggestions from any of y'all out there in Bhuzland...

What I want is a bollywood song that is upbeat and appropriate for the wedding reception. I will be using the song as my audience participation section, going out into the crowd and getting everyone dancing. So, it needs to be a song that the Indian GP would like and want to jump up and dance to and doesn't contain anything questionable.

Maybe something from Kal Ho NaHo, but I can't help but tear up when I hear a song from that film. LOL..cr.:

Any ideas?

Kajra Re is perfect. They love it and there hasn't been a HUGE smash hit like it since.

Darn it...I'm already using that one for the henna party...

you could try aaja nachle or dhoom tana.

Mayya Mayya is also popular. Or something a little older- as I'm sure multiple generations will be there: Badi Mushkil is popular.

I guess Kajra Re would be good. What about Dola re Dola from Devdas? or Aaj Ki Raat from Don ( I'm partial to the version from the SRK remake) cos that's a party song for sure.

Kajra Re is great! Never fails to get the audience dancing. An older crowd especially might like Mehbooba Mehbooba (I have a video of that posted, and also one of Mayya Mayya with wings - loooooove Mayya Mayya!). I have also danced to Chand Sifarish, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Touch Me, Chaiyya Chaiyya, and Dedar De with excellent results! My husband is in a bollywood band so I get tons of music from him, and I live in an area with a large Indian community, so I make good use of the songs. Good luck - I find watching Youtube videos of the songs helps because you can throw some things from the video in with your dancing.

Serafina

I really like this one: Om Shanti Om from Deewangi Deewangi [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2QxGzPB58]YouTube - Om Shanti Om - Deewangi Deewangi[/ame]
It's got a chorus in English that's good for audience participation:
'All the hot girls put your hands up and say, Om Shanti Om; All the cool boys come and make some noise, Om Shanti Om.' Also good consistant beat thats easy to dance to.

I second Deewangi Deewangi (aka Om Shanti Om). It's a big crowd pleaser. You can get it on iTunes.

Thanks y'all!

I'll be using Mayya Mayya and Kajra Ra on the first night and Deewangi Deewangi on the second night!

Woohoo!

I can't find Mayya Mayya on Itunes...any other ideas of where to get it?

This is a good place to get music: Bollywood FM - movies, music, trailers, lyrics, message forums...

My clients always love these and they get everyone dancing:

Aaja Nachle, (Dance With Me) - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buteQeqt8YQ]YouTube - Aaja Nachle - Title Song - High Quality[/ame]

Chunari, Chunari (from Monsoon Wedding) - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKsH1cPNhDw]YouTube - Chunari chunari[/ame]

Beedi (from Omkara) - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdbQONtfaO8]YouTube - beedi ( OMKARA)[/ame]

hey anna!
I'm in a bollywood troupe now (loving it!!!), and we do sets to dola re and dedar de. we're going to use om shanti om for our curtain call at a big show we have coming up - love that song! but I ADORE dedar de. omg. love it. I use it for tip music all the time, for non-indian audiences (I like to have persian, indian, arabic and turkish music for tipping for my general shows - you never know who will be in the audience and they always love it if you surprise them with something they know...). it's just a hot, fun song that I can't sit still to.

we did dola re for a wedding, and I felt odd about it - it's about a woman who was not allowed to marry the man she loved, and a prostitute! didn't seem appropriate. ;) they liked it though. that audience also loved chand safarish.

right now we're working on a beautiful song called barso re. it's about rain. :)