Disco Dancer

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Disco Dancer
Directed by Babbar Subhash
Produced by Babbar Subhash
Tilotima Babbar Subhash
Written by Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza
Balraj Deepak Vij
Starring Mithun Chakraborty
Kim
Om Puri
Rajesh Khanna
Gita Siddharth
Music by Bappi Lahiri
Release date(s) 1983
Running time 135 min.
Language Hindi

Disco Dancer is a 1982 Bollywood film directed by Babbar Subhash and starring Mithun Chakraborty. The film tells the rags-to-riches story of a young street performer. While, the movie has become a cult classic in countries like Russia and Turkey [1]and is especially known for its "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" song, "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" itself was copied from the French pop song "T'es OK!" (English version "You're OK") sung by the French pop duo Ottawan.

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[edit] Plot

Anil (Mithun Chakraborty), a street performer and wedding singer, is scarred by the memory of the rich P.N. Oberoi (Om Shivpuri) beating his mother (Gita Siddharth) in an incident during his childhood. When David Brown, the manager (Om Puri) of current Indian disco champion Sam (Karan Razdan) is fed up and looks for some new talent, he happens across Anil who is dance-walking down a street. Rebranded as "Jimmy", the rising disco star must take the throne from Sam and win the heart of Rita (Kim), P.N. Oberoi's daughter. All seems to be going well until Oberoi hires men to connect Jimmy's electric guitar to 5,000 volts of electricity, causing Jimmy's mother to die in a tragic accident. With his legs broken by Oberoi's goons and guitar phobia from the incident with his mother, Jimmy must claim first place for Team India at the International Disco Dancing Competition amidst strong competition from Team Africa and Team Paris.

[edit] Memorable quotes

  • "Don't you know the difference between green room and bedroom?" - David Brown, Sam's manager, later Jimmy's manager
  • "He's got guitar phobia. A guitar killed his mother." - P.N. Oberoi
  • "Thirty six managers like you would appear upon just one of Sam's dance movements, but a star like Sam is born only once every two or four centuries." - Sam Oberoi to manager David Brown
  • "Sam is the heartbeat of millions of girls. Now get out!" - Sam Oberoi
  • "Mr. Oberoi, this is the man. The bastard's killed seven people in London. And there was a very famous singer... I don't know his name, but he murdered him too. The bastard's a top class criminal." - Vasco, to P.N. Oberoi
  • "These are the tears of a popular famous artist." - Jimmy
  • "Come, sing, and conquer!" - David Brown
  • "Mother, I have my music. I will sharpen this music like a sword and stab the city's heart with it." - Jimmy
  • "Oh! It is the most wonderful birthday, any young girl can dream of!" - Nikki Brown
  • "Agar Tu Aaj Nahi Gaayega To Teri Maa Hamesha Hamesha Ke Liye Mar Jayegi" - Rajesh Khanna

[edit] Songs

The music for the movie was directed by Bappi Lahiri.

In 1988, Devo produced a song called "Disco Dancer" inspired by the "I am a Disco Dancer" song from this film.[2]

In 2007, the Sri Lankan alternative musician M.I.A. re-recorded "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" as "Jimmy" for her album Kala. The music of this song was also used in the 2008 Adam Sandler movie You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Tickling Russian palates". Hindu. 2007-09-08. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2007/09/08/stories/2007090851520100.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  2. ^ DEVO - disco dancer with commentary at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)

[edit] External links

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