Bollywood: "Singh" Is Box-Office King ... and Snoop Dogg Is in on It!
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Artist:
Since I downloaded the soundtrack album of the brand-new Bollywood blockbuster "Singh Is Kinng" at emusic.com, I keep listening to the funky title track featuring Snoop Dogg, the London-based Bhangra trio R.D.B., and the star of the movie, Akshay Kumar.
You can check it out here:
Here's an article on the movie I posted at Last.FM:
According to the Times of India, "Singh Is Kinng" - the new Anees Bazmee movie starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif is rewriting box-office history. On its first weekend (August 8-10, 2008), ticket sales amounted to Rs 28 crore (US-$6.6 million). According to ToI, "this has supposedly surpassed the two other mega-flicks which saw an unprecedented initial hoopla, Om Shanti Om with Rs 26 crore and Dhoom 2 with Rs 24 crore as their opening weekend collections".
I saw the movie yesterday - it's a highly enjoyable goofball gangster comedy (a remake of the 1989 Jackie Chan movie "Miracles"). I collected links to several reviews: Rediff, Times of India, Bollywood Hungama.
The soundtrack is noteworthy as well: It features none other than Snoop Dogg which makes it the first collaboration between a U.S. music star and Bollywood. (Check out the New York Times article "India's New Partnership: Bollywood and Hip-Hop").
You can legally download the soundtrack at emusic (here's some info on the shop). I have it on heavy rotation since yesterday!
The original Hindi version currently is "on tour" in Germany (until August 19, 2008). Check out this page for details.
Locating MOG account...
Comments (4)
God I love Bollywood. That's would be my ideal Friday night with some aloo gobi take-out.
~Roxy
@pinkertonwasbetter: "Singh Is Kinng" should be seen (and its soundtrack should be enjoyed!) in a real movie theater ... ;-)
"What up to all the ladies hangin' out in Mumbai," indeed....
Good to see your avatar again, man...
@ivylander: MOG-O-MATIC doesn't work for me, that's why I don't stop by too often ...