Bollywood music calls up old memories (Xinhuanet, China)
Who knew that the Chinese were big fans of Bollywood too? The article reviews a show by the the Indian Modern - Classic Song & Dance Troupe and waxes nostalgic about the Bollywood memories the show triggered. The audience was apparently disappointed "that there were too many hotpants and not enough elegantly-draped saris."
[..] Chinese aged from their early 30s to their late 70s may fondly remember sitting in front of the black-and-white screen and humming along to the tunes found in films like "Awara Hoon" or "Noorie Noorie".
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In hindsight, it seems amazing that at a time when pop culture was virtually non-existent in China, every Chinese had Indian film songs on the tip of their tongues.
The Iranian guy who cut my hair recently too reminisced about dancing to Bollywood numbers. He was particularly fond of Helen numbers, he said.
Posted by Harshal at October 11, 2004 02:09 PM>He was particularly fond of Helen numbers, he >said
Me too!! :)
so there is a lot in common between people from different parts of the world ;)
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