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Listen to an audio
clip of “Jaan Penechaan Ho” from
Gumnaan (also featured in Ghostworld) |
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American audiences paying attention at the opening
credits of the 2003 critical darling Ghost World
caught Thora Birch's character shimmying to a goofy
Indian production number playing on her TV. Turns
out the number is from an obscure 1965 Bollywood
thriller called Gumnaam, a psychedelic,
musical extravaganza ripped straight from Agatha
Christie's Ten Little Indians.
While the film doesn't rate on any ten-best-of-Bollywood
lists, it's a fun slice of genre and an example
of how tidbits of foreign cultural formats are introduced
into the American cultural fray. For a taste, rent
the DVD edition of Ghost World, which features
the clip from Gumnaan, a "music video"
of the ‘60s boogaloo to the song titled Jaan
Penechaan Ho. |
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