I can’t stop listening to this song. Don’t worry if you don’t understand the lyrics – I don’t either! It’s still stupid catchy. It’s from recent release My Name is Khan, which apparently (according to Wikipedia) is about both post-9/11 prejudice and the tension that 9/11 produces in the films’ main romantic couple.Why it’s coming out now, I have no idea.
I also wonder: to what extent do ‘western’ audiences know that a surprising number of Indian film stars are Muslim? All those famous, buff Khans aren’t Hindu, right? I’ve always been curious if that distinction makes its way across cultures. Despite a great deal of communal strife, Bollywood occasionally lives up to the ideal of ‘India-as-secular-democracy’. Just don’t get me started on the way Sikhs are portrayed though – beyond the fact that Sikh characters are almost never actually portrayed by Sikhs, they are always represented as stupid, comic relief etc. Grrr.
#1 by bill on March 8, 2010 - 11:59 am
1. Khaaaaaan!
2. what do you think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77YBmtd2Rw
#2 by Nav on March 10, 2010 - 2:49 pm
That is either terrifying or brilliant. Or both. I’m not sure. My brain hurts now.