AR Rahman - Jai Ho

Finally saw Slumdog Millionaire a couple of weeks ago on DVD, with heavily sanitized subtitles... the banter among the kids was hilariously coarse but didn't get translated that way for some reason. Untranslatable maybe? Or tailored to the audience?

Irrfan Khan, as usual, was brilliant.

That's it for the month... next month will feature Alternative Rap: De La Soul, Digital Underground, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers and other great innovators...

Mika Singh - Mauja Hi Mauja

Another from Jab We Met...

Shreya Ghosal & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Teri Ore

From Singh is Kinng. Apparently the extra 'n' in the title was inserted at the suggestion of a numerologist.

Lata Mangeshkar - Teer-e-Nazar Dekhenge

From Pakeezah... the song ends with Meena Kumari dancing on broken glass (about four minutes into the video). Hema Malini did the same a couple of years later in a famous Sholay scene, video here.

Asha Bhosle - In Aankhon Ki Masti

From the original (1981) Umrao Jaan, starring Rekha.

AR Rahman - Khwaja Mere Khwaja

From Jodhaa Akbar...

Alka Yagnik - Ek Do Teen

From Tezaab... Madhuri Dixit in her element.

Lata Mangeshkar & Udit Narayan - Mehndi Laga Ke Rakna

From Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge... Kajol looks lovely here.

Udit Narayan - Papa Kehte Hain

From Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, based on Romeo and Juliet. This was a watershed movie, and Aamir Khan's first.

Shreya Ghoshal - Ye Ishq Hai

From Classical to Bollywoood... this is from Jab We Met, which I saw on a flight to Delhi a couple of weeks ago.