A Fistful of Soundtracks is the only film music Internet radio station I know of that devotes a few hours to Bollywood tunes. In 2006, I added to the AFOS schedule a Bollywood block called "Chai Noon" on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon and early Wednesdays and early Fridays at 4am (for British listeners).
I recently updated the "Chai Noon" playlist after not having done so for two years. There are now tracks from newer Indian movies like De Dana Dan (oh hello, catchy synth line from Usher's "Yeah," didn't expect to run into you here), the heavily-marketed-to-the-West My Name Is Khan and a film that hits theaters in India and Indian American neighborhoods this Friday, Teen Patti (a 21 clone that stars Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley, but hey, at least this riff on 21 has an all-Asian group of poker whizzes, unlike the whitewashed official 21).
Because I've added so many new tracks to "Chai Noon," I'm giving the block two additional time slots starting the first week of March. The extra slots are Wednesdays at noon and early Thursdays at 4am.
Here's one of my favorite "Chai Noon" tracks, the Giorgio Moroder-esque jam "Aaj Ki Raat" (or "Tonight Is the Night"). Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy wrote it for the 2006 version of Don, which paired up Priyanka Chopra (dig those legs of hers during "Aaj Ki Raat") with Shahrukh Khan (whose aggressive promotion of My Name Is Khan included an amusing appearance on the British "chat show" Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, where he kissed Torchwood star John Barrowman, who did another one of his hilarious fake fainting reactions whenever he kisses other male stars). Sung by Alisha Chinoy, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Sonu Nigam, "Aaj Ki Raat" was also featured in Slumdog Millionaire.
"Aaj Ki Raat"
Roma:
Night and wine have met we are intoxicated
Body and heart are both ready to melt
Anita:
Celebration surrounds us
but yet I am anxious
Roma:
Why does my heart beat faster?
Why does my heart say...
..."you fools do not know this yet?"
Everyone:
Tonight...
Who knows what will happen?
What will we gain?
What will we lose?
Tonight...
Who knows what will happen?
What will we gain?
What will we lose?
(Instrumental)
Roma:
What will happen in just a few moments?
Anita:
What was always mine will be mine again.
Roma:
The night will decide who resides in whose heart
Anita:
The decision has been made...
...that I will be victorious
Roma:
You fools do not know this yet
Don:
Tonight...
Who knows what will happen?
What will we gain?
What will we lose?
Everyone:
Tonight...
Who knows what will happen?
What will we gain?
What will we lose?
(Instrumental)
Don:
Come, let me tell you something, secretly
Soon, the night is going to change its hue, secretly
Then I will take you away with me, secretly
Anita:
Where will you go?
Look! Here I am.
Roma:
You fools do not know this yet
Everyone:
Tonight...
Who knows what will happen?
What will we gain?
What will we lose?
(Instrumental)
