ID a Bollywood song
June 9, 2016 5:51 AM   Subscribe

I am trying to find a song from a Bollywood movie. Please hope me if you can, based on the little I remember. Difficulty: I don't speak Hindi.

The movie would have come out 2004-2007, and I think I remember it was about a young couple in an arranged marriage getting to know each other over time. The song was an upbeat dance song, but not a bass-heavy club song or anything like that. It had a longish title, 5-7 words, and here's the part that might actually help you help me -- it reminded me of Mere Sarpe Dupatta from Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo -- I had them in the same playlist on my (dead!) iPod.

Thanks for any help you can give me!
posted by pH Indicating Socks to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Your other song sounds vaguely like Chunnari Chunnari to me, which was on the Monsoon Wedding soundtrack from 2001.
posted by norm at 8:15 AM on June 9, 2016


Response by poster: Thanks Norm, but I am totally certain that it was a Bollywood movie song.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 8:33 AM on June 9, 2016


I mean, it could be any number of songs. But after reading your question and then going to do the dishes, this was the song that I found myself humming: Sar se sadak gayi teri chunari.

So... maybe?
posted by mylittlepoppet at 10:14 AM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]


Also, FYI, Chunari Chunari wasn't originally from Monsoon Wedding -- but from a Bollywood film called Biwi No. 1. So, it still fits that criterion.
posted by mylittlepoppet at 10:16 AM on June 9, 2016 [2 favorites]


Response by poster: It was a male singer.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 12:31 PM on June 9, 2016


Response by poster: With an assist from a female singer.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 12:52 PM on June 9, 2016


Teri chunariya dil le gayi?
posted by cynicalidealist at 2:23 PM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Thank you guys so much for the song suggestions! I do love those songs, but they are not the one I'm thinking of.

The lyrics were about getting to know each other and falling in love -- yeah, THAT narrows it down, I know! The sound of the song just reminded me of Mere Sar Pe Dupatta.

The main jodi were not superstars at that time (2004-2007), that's all I remember about them. I didn't see the movie, so I couldn't say where it was set.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 3:52 PM on June 9, 2016


Was it one of the songs from Saathiya?
posted by girlgenius at 6:00 PM on June 9, 2016


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