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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] <TC>
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Inspired by the number 'Raindrops keep falling on my head' by Andy
Williams. |
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Listen to
Dur
dur tum | Raindrops
keep falling on my head |
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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]
<TC> |
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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] <TC>
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From Dr Hook's When you are in love with a beautiful woman!
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Mere
jaisi haseena | When
you are in love...
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| 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 (1986)] |
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From Culture Club's Karma Chameleon! |
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Tera mera |
Karma Chameleon |
| Blatant lift. Also
listen to Nadeem Shravan's version of the same original -
Nadeem Shravan page, No. 47! |
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Jabse huyi hai [Film:
Thaanedaar] |
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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]
<TC> |
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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]
<TC> |
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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)] |
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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] |
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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]
<TC>
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Lifted from the Pakistani pop band Vital Signs' 'Saawnli saloni'!
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Saawnli
saloni (Bappida's!) |
Saawnli
saloni (Vital Signs)
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| Bappida at it again, as usual!
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Jee
le le [Tarzan]
<TC>
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| Lifted from the
Osibisa number Kelele kelele!
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| Listen to
Jeelele
| Kelele
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| Bah! |
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Palkon ke tale
[Sailaab (1990)]
<TC>
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Lifted from the song, 'The heat is on' from the OST of Beverly Hills Cop
(1984)!
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Palkon ke
tale | The
heat is on
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| 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)]
<TC>
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| Lifted from the
song 'T'es OK, T'es Bath' (1980) by the disco band
named 'Ottawan'. |
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Jimmy
Jimmy | T'es
OK |
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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)]
<TC>
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| Lifted from
ABBA's 1974 track, 'Hasta Manana' from the album Waterloo. |
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Dil tha
akela | Hasta Manana |
| Heavily borrowed! |
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Mere paas aaoge [Tarzan (1985)]
<TC>
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| Inspired by the
1971 hit 'Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep' by Mac & Katie Kissoon. |
| Listen to
Mere paas aaoge
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Chirpy chirpy
cheep cheep |
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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)] <TC> |
| Lifted off
Elvis Presley's 'Wooden Heart' |
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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)] <TC> |
| 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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| The 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)] <TC> |
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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
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| 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)] <TC> |
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Like the previous listing, inspired again by 'Mary Ann'. |
Listen to
Whole day all
night | Mary Ann
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'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)] <TC> |
| Lifted
off Barbra Streisand's 1980 chartbuster, 'Woman in Love'. |
Listen to
Baahon mein leke
| Woman in
love
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| 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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Dil mera todo na [Dance
Dance (1987)] <TC> |
| Lifted
from UB40's 1985 hit single, 'Don't break my heart' |
Listen to
Dil mera todo na
| Don't break my
heart
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So, how do you translate 'Dil
mera todo na' in English? 'Don't break my heart'? Bingo!
UB40's 1985 hit single, 'Don't break my heart' acts as the
inspiration for this Hindi number and its a pretty neat
adaptation but for obvious giveaways like the key hook's
literal translation and tune. |
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Hum
dono akele hon [Aaj Ke Shahenshah (1990)] <TC> |
| Lifted
from the French track, 'L'Amour
Est Bleu' |
Listen to
Hum dono
akele hon |
L'Amour Est
Bleu
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Sometime back, I had added a Telugu oldie, 'Ee reyi teeyanidi' composed by Saluri
Rajeswara Rao and its original, the French track, 'L'Amour
Est Bleu' also popularly known as 'Love is blue' by Paul
Mauriat! If Saluri can do it, Bappi Da can do it better and
still sue the goras...and continue to flaunt about his
international album that is almost ready for release in the
island nation of Timbuktu...I digress. Bappi's 1990 track
from Aaj Ke Shahenshah, 'Hum dono akele hon' was sung by the
man himself, along with Anuradha Paudwal. This track is
nothing but a bloody blatant lift of 'L'Amour
Est Bleu' in all its glory - no attempt to hide the
lift. |
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Dekho
Din Ye [Bhavna (1984)] <TC> |
| Lifted
from The Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M.
Sherman) track, 'It's a small
world (after all)' |
Listen to
Dekho Din Yeh Na Dhalne
Paye |
It's a small world
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The original is a song titled, 'It's a small
world (after all)'. This is a 1964 composition by The
Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman)
and it is one of the best known Disney tunes of all time
since it is played on a continuous loop at the various
Disney theme parks. When you hear the track, I'm sure you'd
immediately recognize it as hearing it somewhere - perhaps
in a Disney toon or as a filler music in Doordarshan (that's
what came to my mind!!). The Indian filmi connection? Oh
yes, there is one, courtesy, Bappi Lahiri! Bappi's 1984
track, Dekho Din Yeh Na Dhalne Paye, from the Shabana Azmi
starrer, Bhavna, uses It's a small world, as-is! Very
minimal improvisations, right up to using the catchy and
repetitive part too! |
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Inteha ho gai [Sharaabi (1984)] <TC> |
| Lifted
from the song, 'The Runner' by The Three Degrees (1979) |
Listen to
Inteha ho gayi |
The Runner
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| Its no doubt a
fascinating lift - before you jump off your seats, relax -
the main tune is original; its the faster female portion
(Logon ne to...) in the antara that is lifted. Mighty
directly, if I may add. The original is the song 'The
Runner' by the 60s/ 70s all-women soul band from
Philadelphia, The Three Degrees. The Runner was one of their
hit singles in 1979, while Sharaabi came out in 1984. Its
interesting to see Bappi lifting the opening of a song and
fit it so convincingly in the middle of another, completely
different tune! It is so well entrenched in our Indian minds
that listening to it as the opening of a song seems really
odd! |
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