Friday, March 2, 2007

India Calling

Back to India came I - in a bout of confusion, insecurity, and bewilderment.

I was without my parents for the first time in my life. I was 10, and I had come to India to study. The education standards in Spain where quite pathetic. Nothing beats an Indian education.

I land up in Bangalore and move into the extremely welcoming and warm arms of my Aunt Vani, my moms twin sister.

And so began my life with Family No.2- Vani Aunt, Ram Uncle, Nikhil, Nihal, and Ram Uncle's Mom, whom we call "Avva" (kind of like Granny in Telugu).

Nikhil and I are about the same age, so we were/are really close. Nihal was a lot younger. I started going to tuitions to catch up on my math and english, which I was drastically behind in. And in-between these tuitions and Nikhil's school, we would goof off as much as we could.

Back to the music( I don't want to bore you!). Have you ever heard of Philips Top Ten? If my memory serves me well, it was a weekly show, which showed the top ten Bollywood songs. I'll say it again, I am averse to Bollywood music of the present, but back in 1994-95, it wasn't that bad!

Nihal, Nikhil and I would couch up in front of the TV and watch this, and in our hands would lie the famous combination of Peppy and Pepsi(chips and soda).

Most of what we witnessed on Philips top ten, was heavy entertainment value. It would make us laugh a lot, and the tunes were pretty neat to.

One guy in particular was doing really well at the time- Prabhu Deva.

His dancing was out of this world.

  • Urvasi Urvasi
  • Muqabala
  • Chikupuku Chikupuku

These songs were fantastic!

Here are a list of other great songs from 94-95

  • Main Khiladi Tu Anadi
  • Churake dil mera
  • Rangeela re
  • Kehna Hi Kya
  • Tu Hi Re *
  • Tu Cheez badi hai mast
  • Ek Ladki Ko Dekha
  • Kuch Na Kaho
  • Rim Jhim Rim Jhim