DesiPundit

Baradwaj Rangan wonders why some films have songs that are totally out of context, like Kareena cavorting in a swimsuit just before immersing her father’s ashes. He points to some examples to show how even Bollywood song-and-dance routines can be very meaningful parts of the movie.

And that’s how surreal the placement of songs in our cinema has become – even of songs that aren’t supposed to be surreal. The only considerations seem to be: Is there a hot heroine? Are there good-looking backup dancers? Are they all in the kind of locations that could fill up a hundred travel brochures? And, does the number have a groove that can be extrapolated to an evening at a nightclub?