And did I mention that erstwhile rap chartbuster and compulsive offerer of lifts, Baba Sehgal has a new song out? It’s called ‘ Going To The Gym’ and Sehgal’s lyrical genius remains undiluted. Releasing this week is Harshavardhan Kulkarni’s Hunterrr, featuring the double whammy of kitsch with both Altaf Raja and Bappi Lahiri in its soundtrack. Sanu looms larger over Dum Laga Ke Haisha and even has a cameo in the film. Last month, within the first few minutes of Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Kumar Sanu’s nasal humming wafted through the film and became a portkey that yanked the audience straight into the ’90s, the decade in which the film is set. Of course TDP was set in the pulp film industry of the ’80s, so who better than Bappida for its soundtrack? A man whose voice and compositions made the entire decade groove in all its sparkly, kitschy glory. The five most popular songs of 2011, according the Bollywood website were, Chammak Challo sung by hip hop sensation Akon, in Ra.One Dhinka Chika, from Ready, sung by the Mika Singh and Amrita Kak Sadda Haq by Mohit Chauhan in Rockstar and in a departure from this post-millenial list of singers, The Dirty Picture’s Ooh La La, sung by the gold plated Disco King from the ’80s, Bappi Lahiri. Bollywood’s sonic throwback started with The Dirty Picture.
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