bollywood goodness

Ok, here's the deal. Every once in a while I get inspired by a certain culture. That includes the music, history, cuisine, movies, language, culture and more. Remember the time I was dying to go to Tokyo? I mean I still do want to go there but I'm into another culture which I felt I could relate to more as I can easily be in contact with. I always liked it, but now I'm rather focusing on experiencing it as much as possible.

My friends who are from South Asia (Sabz, Tas, & Myiah) introduced me to a couple of musical performances from Bollywood movies. I have to say, I always liked how Bollywood acts are perfectly in-sync and how every little detail is paid attention to. It has it's own flavour. I was introduced so many times previously by my friends Souraiya and Harry-Singh, but now I got my memory revived with the brilliance of such productions. The following are a couple of the videos they showed me:

[Stage6 is Dead Now]

This is a music video from the Bollywood film of the same title Aaja Nachle which means "Come and Dance". It features Mandhuri Dixit who is a renowned Bollywood artist and been considered an icon in Bollywood.

This on the other hand is the one that really blew me away, unfortunately I couldn't find it in Higher Quality but I absolutely love everything about it. The gracefullness of both Mandhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai is just fascinating. The colours, the vibrant atmosphere, the set - it's all magical. This is from the movie Devdas which apparently was a huge hit and I'm planning on watching it very soon. The song is already on my iPod, which I consider very catchy and great to listen to!

I'm also watching the new release of Jodhaa Akbar which shall be interesting since it focuses on a story of the Mughal Jalaluddin Akbar (or as referred to as Akbar the Great) and his Hindu wife Jodhaa (or Jodhabai, a.k.a Marrium-uz-Zamani). Here's the trailer from the film, although I'm not so impressed with the editing of the trailer but the film must be good:

[Stage6 is Dead Now]

So yeah, more to be watched and enjoyed - yet for the meantime I'll just enjoy strolls in Southall!
As I have strong urge to eat Butter Chicken Masala, Chicken Tikka, Naans & Onion Bhajji to be finishing it off with Lassi all week long. See? this is a culture I can get in touch with and experience on an almost full level. It might be upsetting to those of origins from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or others but when you can't go there I guess this is the best you can get when you're in the UK, no?

p.s: Pakistanis are HAWT, i didn't just discover that - it was over the span of the last 2 and half years ;D