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Haske Guzare Zindagi [Film: Brahma]
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| One more version of
Beethoven's Fue Elise!!! |
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| Oh no, not again! |
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| Dur
dur tum rahe [Chalte chalte]
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| Inspired by the number
'Raindrops keep falling on my head' by Andy Williams. |
| Listen to
Dur dur tum |
Raindrops keep falling on my head |
| One of Bappida's better
inspirations. The second version is by Rajesh Roshan in the movie Khote
Sikkey (1998). |
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| Hari
om hari [Film: Pyaara Dushman]
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| From the song 'One way
ticket'. By Neil Sedaka! |
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| Ditto! |
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| Meri
jaisi haseena [Film: Armaan]
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| From Dr Hook's When you
are in love with a beautiful woman! |
| Listen to
Mere
jaisi haseena |
When you
are in love... |
| Lifted. Also listen to
Anu Malik's version of the same original - Anu Malik page, 6th listing.
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| Tera
mera mera tera [Film: Shart] |
| From Boy George's Karma
chameleon! |
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| Looking for an audio clip
of the 'Shart' song! |
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Jabse huyi hai [Film: Thaanedaar] |
| From the song 'April in
Portugal'. Other details...still searching! |
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| Looking for the Hindi
song! |
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Tujse milna milkar chalna [Film: Amaanat]
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| From Khaled's 'El arbi'! |
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| While the rest of the
world was going gaga over Khaled's didi number, Bappida went gaga over
the second song from the album, el arbi. So he used it in hindi too! |
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Tamma Tamma [Film: Thaanedaar]
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| From Mory Kante's tama
tama! |
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| Ditto! Who doesn't know
this? |
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| Koi
Yahan Nache Nache [Film: Disco Dancer (1982)] |
| From the song 'Video
killed the radio star'....by Buggles! |
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| Looking for the Hindi
track! |
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Sochna Kya [Film: Ghayal] |
| From the song Lambada! |
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| Ugh! |
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| Mera
dil gaayega zoobie zoobie [Film: Dance Dance]
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| From Modern Talking's
'Brother Louis'! |
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| Yup! |
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Saawnli saloni [Hum sab chor hain]
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| Lifted from the Pakistani
pop band Vital Signs' 'Saawnli saloni'! |
| Listen to
Saawnli
saloni (Bappida's!) |
Saawnli saloni (Vital Signs) |
| Bappida at it again, as
usual! |
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| Jee
le le [Tarzan]
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| Lifted from the Osibisa
number Kelele kelele! |
| Listen to
Jeelele |
Kelele
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| Bah! |
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Palkon ke tale [Sailaab (1990)]
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| Lifted from the song,
'The heat is on' from the OST of Beverly Hills Cop (1984)! |
| Listen to
Palkon
ke tale |
The
heat is on |
| I found a Kenny Loggins
version of the same song too, not sure if Kenny's was the cover
version. |
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Trivia: Guess who is credited with the story for Sailaab? I continue to
be surprised everytime I see his name in the credits...it is actually
credited to the noted Tamil writer/ poet Kannadasan! The story was first
made in Tamil with Karthik and Ambika as 'Kan Simittum neram', if I
remember right! |
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Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja [Disco Dancer (1982)]
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| Lifted from the song 'T'es
OK, T'es Bath' (1980) by the Canadian disco band named 'Ottawan'. |
| Listen to
Jimmy
Jimmy |
T'es OK |
| Ditto! |
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Trivia notes on Ottawan: Ottawan is one of the most successful Canadian
disco bands. Ottawan is better known for their smash hit "D.I.S.C.O" in
1979. In the 90's, it was re-recorded by N-Trance. |
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| Dil
tha akela [Suraksha (1979)]
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| Lifted from ABBA's 1974
track, 'Hasta Manana' from the album Waterloo. |
| Listen to
Dil tha
akela |
Hasta Manana |
| Heavily borrowed! |
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| Mere
paas aaoge [Tarzan (1985)]
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| Inspired by the 1971 hit
'Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep' by Mac & Katie Kissoon. |
| Listen to
Mere paas
aaoge |
Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep |
| Notice how Bappi has
modelled the original to fit into a Hindi song idiom - the 'mere paas
aaoge' almost does not have a direct influence, with the beginning of
the original which goes, 'where's your mama gone'. But the similarities
creep up on the 'last night I heard my momma' part which is 'mujhko
tumhare jaisa yaar chaahiye' in the hindi version. Looks like Bappi has
worked hard here! |
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Kitne
Phool [Teri Baahon Mein (1984)]
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| Lifted off Elvis
Presley's 'Wooden Heart' |
| Listen to
Kitne phool |
Wooden Heart |
| Bappi Lahiri chose to
redo this Elvis Presley track, or perhaps its German original, 'Muss
i'den' by Friedrich Silcher, 13 years after Shankar Jaikishen lifted it
for 'Tu ru ku' (Main Sundar Hoon, 1971)! (For Muss i'den and Tu ru ku,
check out Listing no. 13 in the Shankar Jaikishen page) |
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Duniya mein tere siva
[Aandhiyaan (1990)]
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Significantly inspired by
the Pakistani track, 'Bas ek tere siva' composed by Robin Ghosh, for the
film, 'Dooriyan' (1984) |
| Listen to
Duniya mein tere siva |
Bas
ek tere siva |
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original was sung by Akhlaq Ahmed and Mehnaz. Also see the same
original's other, much more popular Indian version - in the
Nadeem Shravan page, listing no. 39. |
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| Chidiyaan
chun chun [Jyoti (1981)]
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Lifted off a Calypso track
titled, 'Mary Ann' by Roaring Lion, composed first in 1946. |
| Listen to
Chidiya
chun chun |
Mary Ann |
| The next listing is yet
another Bappi Lahiri track inspired by the same original! And yes, this
is indeed the same 'Jyoti' which had the Truth Hurts - 'Thoda resham
lagta hai' hungama! |
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| Whole day
whole night [Yodha (1991)]
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Like the previous listing,
inspired again by 'Mary Ann'. |
| Listen to
Whole
day all night |
Mary Ann |
'Mary Ann' (also referred to as Mary Anne or Marianne) is a 1946 Calypso
hit, in which the main refrain goes,
'All day, all night, Miss Mary Ann
Down by the seaside, she sifting sand
All the little children love Mary Ann,
Down by the seaside sifting sand'!
Enough reason to pin Bappida at least for the Yodha number, huh? The
Calypso track was originally composed by Rafael de Leon, popularly known
as Roaring Lion. He's referred to as one of the greatest Calypso
composer/ singers of the 20th century.
Trivia: More on Roaring Lion from
Calypsoworld and
Wikipedia! |
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| Baahon
mein leke [Loverboy (1986)]
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| Lifted off
Barbra Streisand's 1980 chartbuster, 'Woman in Love'. |
| Listen to
Baahon mein
leke |
Woman in love |
| Bappida's fairly obscure track
'Baahon mein leke' starts off after a couple of minute's
rain soaked pouting by Meenakshi Sheshadri by which time Rajeev
Kapoor seems to have lost all hope and interest. But Meenakshi finally
gets in the mood and starts singing Barbra Streisand's 1980 chartbuster,
'Woman in Love' in shuddh Hindi! Pretty neat adaptation by Bappida! |
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