Dance Dance is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language dance film, directed and produced by Babbar Subhash. The film is a musical and stars Mithun Chakraborty, Smita Patil, and Mandakini . It also stars Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, and Om Shivpuri in supporting roles. It is about a brother and sister who try to find success and become big singers.
| Dance Dance | |
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| Directed by | Babbar Subhash |
| Written by | Babbar Subhash |
| Produced by | Babbar Subhash |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Smita Patil Mandakini Dalip Tahil Amrish Puri Om Shivpuri Shakti Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Distributed by | B Subhash Movie Unit |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Several scenes follow very closely those from the film Fast Forward, directed by Sidney Poitier.
Plot edit
Radha and Ramu are siblings. Their parents Shyam and Sita are singers. Once, Shyam and Sita go to perform in Jalpaiguri to earn some money, since they are in a poor status and they have to pay a monthly rent. While performing in Jalpaiguri wearing sexy and revealing clothes, Sita catches the eye of a rich and powerful man called A.M. Singh. He stops them mid-way home, kills Shyam and rapes Sita. Radha and Ramu are informed of their parents' deaths. The house proprietor banishes them and they become homeless. Years later, Radha and Ramu have achieved success and are popular singers now. Ramu falls in love with Janita and Radha marries Resham, who is their troupe member. They all sing and perform together. However, Resham becomes different and strange. He comes to abuse Radha. When Ramu discovers that, he tries to prevent him, but Radha does not allow him to do it. Radha finds out that she is pregnant. She comes to inform her husband and finds him with another woman in their bed. She reacts angrily and Resham beats her in such a cruel way, that she dies in the hospital. Ramu loses all interest in life, and even Janita, his new stage partner and lover, is not able to immediately pull him out of depression. In the name of Radha she succeeds. On the way to Jalpaiguri, where the next concert is to take place, Janita is attacked by Mr. Singh's minion, but she is saved by Sita. Having arrived in Jalpaiguri, Ramu recognizes his mother, who tells him what happened many years ago. Ramu organizes a big concert which will be dedicated to his sister. There, Singh appears and attempts to kill Ramu, but Resham, consumed by guilt, saves him and is shot. Singh attempts to kidnap Janita, but Ramu saves her just in time and takes revenge on Singh for his father's life and his mother's honor. Singh is arrested by the police.
Cast edit
- Mithun Chakraborty as Ramu "Romeo"
- Smita Patil as Radha
- Mandakini as Janita
- Dalip Tahil as Brijmohan/Binjo
- Amrish Puri as A.M. Singh
- Om Shivpuri as David Brown
- Shakti Kapoor as Resham
- Satish Kaul as Shyam, Ramu and Romeo's father
- Sarala Yeolekar as Sita, Ramu and Romeo's mother
- Chandrashekhar Vaidya as S.K. Arora, the owner of Super Casettes
- Gita Siddharth as the wife of S.K. Arora
- Yunus Parvez as a film producer, in an uncredited guest appearance
Soundtrack edit
The music for Dance Dance is inspired by the Italo disco style of the eighties and its well known artists such as Modern Talking. The main melody of "Zooby Zooby" mimics that of the song "Brother Louie".[1] The singer Alisha Chinai makes here one of her first playback singing steps in "Zooby Zooby". Themes from Chariots of Fire and Star Wars feature as incidental music.[1] The song "Dil Mera Todo Na" is heavily derived by the English band UB40's "Don't Break My Heart".[2]
The lyrics of all songs were written by Anjaan, and music of all songs were composed by Bappi Lahiri.[3]
In 2009, the song Zooby Zooby remake by Sourabhee Debbarma on her first album "Meherbaan Sourabhee" the music was remake by Harpeet Singh and Ajay Singha under label Sony Music Entertainment India.[4]
Thirty years after the original release, the song "Zindagi Meri Dance Dance" was re-discovered and had a second lease of life in director Ashim Ahluwalia's 2017 gangster film Daddy starring Arjun Rampal.[5] The re-release of the song was a huge success, becoming one of the top tracks of the year.[5]
According to Cinestaan, "In Daddy, director Ashim Ahluwalia gave a fitting tribute to Bappi Lahiri's composition 'Zindagi Meri Dance Dance' from Babbar Subhash's Dance Dance (1987)."[5]
Ironically Zindagi Meri Dance Dance was left out of the Babbar Subhash film Dance Dance although it featured on the vinyl album release at the time.[5]
Ahluwalia wanted an authentic 80s Bappi Lahiri sound and not an overproduced remix.[6] Norwegian producer Olefonken reworked the song to be more dynamic for contemporary sound systems but kept many of the original elements including the original vocals of Alisha Chinai and Vijay Benedict as well as the original synth and drum machines.[6] The choreographer of Ahluwalia's first film Miss Lovely, was ironically Kamal Nath, who had also worked on B. Subhash's disco film Dance Dance and Commando starring Mithun Chakraborty, both of which feature Bappi Lahiri soundtracks.[7]
Another song from the Dance Dance soundtrack album "Zooby Zooby" was recreated by Rochak Kohli and sung by Sukriti Kakar in the film Naam Shabana (2017).
In 2022, the song "Zooby Zooby" got a remake for film Dhokha: Round D Corner, sung by Zahrah S Khan and Yash Narvekar with Tanishk Bagchi as composer and Kumaar as lyricist.[8]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance Dance" | Alisha Chinai, Vijay Benedict | 08:21 |
| 2. | "Halwa Wala Aa Gaya" | Uttara Kelkar, Vijay Benedict, Sarika Kapoor | 09:01 |
| 3. | "Dance With Pa Pa" | Vijay Benedict | 07:18 |
| 4. | "Dil Mera Todo Na" | Alisha Chinai | 09:05 |
| 5. | "Zindagi Meri Dance Dance" | Alisha Chinai, Vijay Benedict | 07:10 |
| 6. | "Yaar Mera Kho Gaya" | Alisha Chinai | 07:44 |
| 7. | "Aap Ke Saamne Pehli Baar" | Alisha Chinai | 02:34 |
| 8. | "Zooby Zooby" | Alisha Chinai | 06:08 |
| 9. | "Romeo" | Alisha Chinai, Vijay Benedict | 06:18 |
| 10. | "Super Dancer" | Alisha Chinai, Bappi Lahiri | 06:28 |
| 11. | "Aa Gaya Aa Gaya Halwa Wala Aa Gaya" (version 2)" | Asha Bhosle, Vijay Benedict |
Release edit
The film was a hit at the box office and fourteenth highest-grossing movie of 1987.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ a b Kaur, Pawanpreet (23 October 2011). "Talking modern with Brother". The Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "JLo copies Bappi Lahiri? - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Dance Dance : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Dance Dance (1987)". HindiGeetMala.
- ^ Zooby Zooby by Sourabhee on YouTube Music, retrieved 30 August 2022
- ^ a b c d Lookhar, Mayur. "Rewind 2017: The best Hindi film songs of the year". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b Scroll Staff (4 August 2017). "'Daddy' song 'Zindagi Meri Dance Dance' brings Bappi Lahiri's discarded tune back to life". Scroll.in.
- ^ Gaekwad, Manish (4 September 2017). "Norwegian Bollywood". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Dhokha song Zooby Zooby: Another needless remix". The Indian Express. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1987". IMDb.
- ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev (3 August 2008). "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)".
External links edit
- Dance Dance at IMDb
