I guess one measure of how popular a Hindi film song is in public conscience is by the number of avatars the general public invent for it.
The earliest such song that comes to memory is "Tu tu tu...tu tu tara... todo na dil hamara". Apparently, roadside Romeos in Gujarat used to call out to girls by the opening words "Tu tu tu...tu tu tara..." to which the girls used to retort with a rhyming "Tara karta kutra sara" (dogs are better than you are).
Cut to present day, it is no secret that the song "Give Me Some Sunshine" from 3 Idiots is a rage, especially among the college and the young office-going crowd. Hence, I wasn't surprised when I found this version of the song in my inbox the other day:
Give Me Some Sunshine - The Office Crowd version
Saari umr hum
Office mein mar gaye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do...jeene do.
Give me a flight
Give me a train
Give me another chance
I wanna go home once again
Kandhon ko laptop
Ke bojh ne jhukaya
Client se jhoot bolna tho khud
Manager ne sikhaya
4.5 ya 5 rating laaoge to chhuti, varna kismat futi
Kaam kar kar ke pada ungaliyon pe
REVIEW, SCREEN aur REWORK ka chaala
Is Project ne to sala poora..
Poora bheja pakka daala
Career to gaya
Girlfriend bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do
Career to gaya
Girlfriend bhi gayi
Ek pal to ab humein
Jeene do jeene do
Saari umr hum
Office main jee liye
Ek pal to ab humein jeene do...jeene do
Perhaps encouraged by this, the Drunkards Anonymous Association of India have started forwarding the following as a 3 part SMS:
Give Me Some Sunshine - The Drunkard's Version
Saari umra ham
Mar mar ke ji liye
Ek glass to ab hame
Pine do... pine do.
Saari umra ham
Mar mar ke ji liye
Ek glass to ab hame
Pine do... pine do.
Mar mar ke ji liye
Ek glass to ab hame
Pine do... pine do.
2 comments:
O Pardesi ... Nayan Tarse !!! ;)
Don't you dare bring up the version of 'Emosional Atyachaar' that you shared with us !!
:P
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