Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit & “Dholi Taro Dhol Baje” from Hum Dil Chuke De Sanam(1999)
April 21, 2008 by sitaji
I have spent much of the weekend watching live coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the U.S.. I have fallen in love with him like I’ve fallen in love with Bollywood! He was adorable and his papal coat of arms reminded me of India’s emblem for no particular reason other than it looks very official. I even think it looks like the Pope’s feeling the bhangra beat in this photo, doesn’t it? I thought he was German, not Punjabi! I watched the coverage on EWTN and got so enthralled I missed my weekend dose of Bollywood. I did however think of my favorite portrayal of Catholicism in a Bollywood movie: Ajay Devgan in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). I love the wisdom of Bollywood and Devgan’s characer gets to the heart of his views on what love is. Here’s one of my favorite Bollywood scenes of all time and shows the beauty of purification through suffering. I think that Pope Benecidt said nearly the same thing while he was here, but Bollywood said it fewer words:
I’ve posted about Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam two other times here before, and The Bolly Blog has a great synopsis of the film here. As an extra bonus, the film has a tight slap to the face that takes place in a church of all places! Talk about sacreligious. Now back to the religious, today’s video: “Dholi taro Dhol Baje” with music by Ismail Darbar. The playback singers are Karsan Sagadia, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Vinod Rathod. It’s picturised on Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan and is one of the many excellent songs from the movie.
Thanks to laradutta01 for the video.
Thanks for sharing. I absolutely loved this movie! And yes, the soundtrack still works. I particularly liked the power of ‘Tadap Tadap’, although singling one out like this might not be fair to the rest of the songs, which make for a rather complete and excellent album.
“Dholi Taro” all the way-thanks for bringing it back! I love love love salman khan, despite the silly blue blazer, an dthe funky red mirror jacket and all his bad boy ways
theBollywoodFan, yes, the songs are so wondertul and I especially like ‘Tadap Tadap’ maybe the most.
Agreed Schweta!
That blazer is pretty extreme, as extreme as his bad boy ways are rumored to be in real life.
Maybe the Pope will annul Aishwarya Rai’s marriage, so she can be single again.
Renegade Eye, Namaste!
I am not sure if that’s possible since she wasn’t married in the Catholic church. But in the case that she was, I am certain that the Vicar of Christ, Pope Benedict, would grant her an annulment if that was her desire. This would free up her husband for me.
Though of course I wish them all the best.