Chaiyya Chaiyya

I went to see Inside Man on Saturday. Imagine my surprise when I heard the intro to Chaiyya Chaiyya start ringing through the cinema! I thought we were in for a Bollywood movie preview — but no, it was the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s movie.

It was great hearing the song again. It takes me way back to India, where I spent many evenings dancing Akirno to sleep on this song. So, if you go and see Inside Man, enjoy Chaiyya Chaiyya, then rent Dil Se to see the song in its original context. The dance scenes on the top of the train going to Darjeeling are breathtaking — and it’s a good movie, too.

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on April 17, 2006 at 11:04 am

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  1. On April 18, 2006 at 10:45 am justgraham Said: |Edit This

    I went with my family to see it Sunday. Great movie, and intelligent too. I was hooked on the intro music and iTuned Chaiyya Chaiyya on getting home. Pity about that rap bit stuck in the middle. Am I to believe that more of this delicious music is available? I’ll follow your links and try to find it.

  2. On April 18, 2006 at 11:09 am Steph Said: |Edit This

    Basically, look up any bollywood soundtracks by A.R.Rahman :-)

  3. On May 15, 2006 at 5:34 pm Justlindy Said: |Edit This

    Hi there … I’m trying to find Chaiyya Chaiyya and am having difficulty — not on my version of iTunes (Canada) … is there an album I could buy online that includes the song, I wonder?

  4. On May 15, 2006 at 7:11 pm Steph Said: |Edit This

    Well, I guess if you go to your local Indian store you’ll find the soundtrack for Dil Se or a compilation of A.R.Rahman’s greatest hits. Otherwise, Chaiyya Chaiyya is on the Bombay Dreams musical CD I have (London version, but I guess the Broadway one has it too).

  5. On May 19, 2006 at 11:04 pm Sudheen Said: |Edit This

    http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=nMsv3MrbDcs

    This link has a clipping from the Original movie Dil Se which has the song.
    The song as is just as good as the movie itself! Enjoy!

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  7. On June 24, 2006 at 9:03 am Horst Said: |Edit This

    Actually, my favourite song from the Dil Se soundtrack is ‘Satrangi Re’, which they mysteriously left off the soundtrack CD they are selling in Germany and Austria.

  8. On June 25, 2006 at 4:42 pm Steph Said: |Edit This

    It’s not on the CD I have either. I’ll have to look it up!

  9. On August 4, 2006 at 1:32 am Marco Espinoza Said: |Edit This

    Greetings from Costa Rica.
    As soon as I heard Chaiyya Chaiyya I was hit by a Lightning.
    I downloaded the mp3 and also de video clip from Shareaza.

    Now I’m looking for any other music of bollywood.

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