This is quite a hit Hindi song right now
(http://www.moviewalah.com/music/jab-we-m et-2007), from the film Jab We Met
(*ing Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapur). The director of the film is Imtiaz Ali,
who has earlier made Socha Na Tha, and both films are quite refreshingly done
despite having the usual rich boy-meets-poor girl (or vice versa) story. The
point of interest to us is that this song, Mauja Re Mauja, has snatches of the
age-old Assamese folk poem Rodali e Rod de as the background vocals at the
start, middle and end (not the first line, but the next three lines
Ali Kati
Jali Dim, Bor Pira Pari Dim, Tate Bohi Bohi Rod De).
I think this is the first time a mainstream Bollywood film has made such an
attempt with Assamese (Mani Ratnams Dil Se, music A R Rahman, had Zubeen
Gargs Xokhi Xokhi Bidexi as part of the background score, but not as part of a
song. That film also had a few dialogues in Assamese, which was gibberish for
outside viewers as they did not have subtitles, just like the Malayalam lines
in the song Jia Jale in it were gibberish for us).
Dhrubajyoti Phukan, a highly-talented music director and arranger (husband of
popular singer Sashwati Phukan) has arranged the music for the film, and
apparently it is he who innovatively used the lines in the song. (the music of
the movie is by Pritam, who scored the music also for Zubeens megahit Ya Ali
from the film Gangster sometime back).
Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi
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