http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/04/14/chaiyya-chaiyya en-us 40 A Mac OS X Switcher, TiVo Addict, and Objectivist <p>A few weeks ago, I made a post to my <a href="http://del.icio.us/shughes">delicious</a> page referring to the Chaiyya Chaiyya song and dance routine from the Bollywood film Dil Se. Since then, I see at least 20 hits a day from google looking for information on Chaiyya Chaiyya. Since the post to delicious quickly scrolled off my sidebar (which only shows the most recent items), I&#8217;d thought I&#8217;d post it here for all to see.</p> <p>I discovered the song (like many recent fans) through the recent film The Inside Man. It was the opening song, with a closing version that included some rap from Panjabi MC (whom I also enjoy). The song is immediately infectious. I was searching for more information about it and I discovered the full video on Google Video. It&#8217;s an amazing routine performed completely on top of a moving train. I&#8217;m not sure what safety measures they had in place, but those dancers sure look brave to me.</p> <p>According to my friend <a href="http://observer.blogsome.com">Chowdary</a>, Chaiyya means shadow. The fella in the red jacket is living in the shadow of love, as he&#8217;s obsessed with a beautiful woman. I got some of the song translated, but it kind of takes away from the magic without the lyrical poetry. He assures me that the lyrics are consistent with the video: a very uplifting example of romantic art.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?s=143441&amp;i=129198544&amp;id=129198207">Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint</a> &#8211; from iTunes (Panjabi MC Remix)</li> <li><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2402548656402694778&amp;q=dil+se">The train scene from Dil Se</a> &#8211; from Google Video</li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008IAJV/virtualcreativit/">Dil Se</a> &#8211; on DVD</li> </ul> <p><strong>Spoiler alert:</strong> <em>Apparently, the girl the guy is in love with is a terrorist bomber. What a bummer&#8230;</em></p> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8278267498103788"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "FF4500"; google_color_bg = "FFEBCD"; google_color_link = "DE7008"; google_color_url = "E0AD12"; google_color_text = "8B4513"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:56:00 -0700 urn:uuid:dd0c88ca-011a-4042-a170-7f6a73b384de Scott Hughes http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/04/14/chaiyya-chaiyya Entertainment dil_se chaiyya bollywood art movie <p>ya cool song </p> <p>its on the inside man soundtrack.</p> Sat, 13 May 2006 13:30:00 -0700 urn:uuid:076dd5d2-73cb-48f9-94df-e97c802307e5 http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/04/14/chaiyya-chaiyya#comment-397 <p>I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!</p> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:11:25 -0700 urn:uuid:39bf530d-76d2-43f3-8ed3-40b4ab867d51 http://blog.globalreset.org/articles/2006/04/14/chaiyya-chaiyya#comment-380