# Non-Asian dopers, what do you think of Indian song and dance scenes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529 "2012-06-18T16:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/21 "2012-06-19T06:01:29Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I love them. But then I’m in the “Bring back Buzz Berkeley” club. > > (If there’s a word for “Club” that starts with “b”, I"m going to think of it at 3:00am tomorrow and give myself _SUCH_ a dopeslap!) Brigade. You’re welcome. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/22 "2012-06-19T06:11:32Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I love them. But then I’m in the “Bring back Buzz Berkeley” club. > > (If there’s a word for “Club” that starts with “b”, I"m going to think of it at 3:00am tomorrow and give myself _SUCH_ a dopeslap!) Brigade. No, don’t thank me. I’m the _third_ person to make this suggestion 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/23 "2012-06-19T11:53:07Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I like old Hollywood musicals. “Who Will Buy” from Oliver! where all of downtown London magically acquires choreography is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. _Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is missed. If a sperm is wasted, God gets very pissed"_ such an infectious entertainment genre ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/24 "2012-06-19T12:05:49Z")
Loved the end of Slumdog Millionaire, but that has been my only exposure. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/25 "2012-06-19T13:37:58Z")
Oh, boy do I loves me some Bollywood. Back in Delaware the local access channel turned into ‘Asian Vision Television’ on Sunday afternoons. My all-time favourite is the recent ‘Aladdin’. Because it is completely batshit crazy and wonderful. I’m still trying to figure out what this one film was that was about Indian (or Pakastani) independence. The first half was in black and white, pre-independence and ended with a rainstorm, while the second half was after independence as was in full colour. I don’t believe it was a musical, but it’s been over a decade. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/26 "2012-06-19T14:13:34Z")
I am a long time lover of Indian movies and long ago gave myself over to their cultural oddities. I remember years ago listening to the cricket commentary when Australia toured India. Aussie commentator David Hookes was talking about his visit to a cinema the previous night. He had seen _Titanic_ and was raving about what great fun it was because the Indian audience didn’t sit passively but treated the movie like a stage melodrama - booing, cheering and carrying on. The Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle said the experience would have been better had _Titanic_ been made by an Indian director. In that case the movie would have ended with the vessel rising from the bottom of the ocean and all the formerly dead passengers engaging in a song and dance routine. Genius. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/27 "2012-06-19T15:40:56Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I like old Hollywood musicals. “Who Will Buy” from Oliver! where all of downtown London magically acquires choreography is one of my favorite movie scenes ever. That reminds me of that list that was going around a few years ago, about, “Everything I Know I Learned From Movies” - the item that said: “If you decide to dance in the streets, everybody you meet will know the steps.” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/28 "2012-06-19T15:57:09Z")
I sort of look forward to them. Yeah… now I’m thinking about how The Titanic movie would have played out… ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/29 "2012-06-19T21:38:21Z")
I find the storylines in them pretty repetitious: the two meet, but cannot be together because of class/religion/status/family issues, but somehow get together; or, the two meet and fall in love, but one is betrothed to the other’s sibling; years later after someone dies they get together; etc. So, I prefer the more straightforward “non-Bollywood” Indian movies (_Monsoon Wedding_, for example). But Mrs. Raza’s grandfather was a movie star back-in-the-day, so I get exposed to my share of the older movies. Shame they didn’t have better sound recording at the time; I can only take a few minutes of the female vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/30 "2012-06-19T21:39:44Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Brigade. > > No, don’t thank me. I’m the _third_ person to make this suggestion 😉 :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/31 "2012-06-19T22:54:49Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: If it makes you feel any better, I went with “band-wagon” instead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/32 "2012-06-20T18:04:05Z")
I love musicals but I’m usually a fan of the more dramatic ones such as Les Miserables and Parade. I’m not big into shows like Hairspray and Legally Blonde. That being said, I love Bollywood dance numbers! To me they are stunning, colorful celebrations. They always make me wish I could join in on the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/33 "2012-06-20T18:05:06Z")
I love musicals but I’m usually a fan of the more dramatic ones such as Les Miserables and Parade. I’m not big into shows like Hairspray and Legally Blonde. That being said, I love Bollywood dance numbers! To me they are stunning, colorful celebrations. They always make me wish I could join in on the fun. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/34 "2012-06-20T18:16:56Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, I went with “band-wagon” instead. > > 😃 Battalion! Bevy! Board! Brood! Brace! [http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm](http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm) Pops head out from behind a bush with bright smile and jazz hands. . .\* \*I’m afraid you’ll have to hire a body double for the wet t-shirt scenes though. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/35 "2012-06-21T15:19:18Z")
I’ve never actually seen a whole move, but I like the actual musical scenes. It remains to be seen how much I’d like them in a movie. I do know that I’m not a big fan of long movies, though. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/36 "2012-06-21T15:22:05Z")
No a fan ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529/37 "2012-06-21T16:00:05Z")
I think they’re great fun. Love the old Hollywood over-the-top musicals–but Busby Berkeley was mostly limited to black & white! (Hmm… I think that Netflix Streaming has some Bollywood choices. I’ll put them in the queue–after the Korean Historical-Epic Soap-Opera…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-asian-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-indian-song-and-dance-scenes/625529.md?page=1)