Monday, June 29, 2009
How the ‘King of Pop' influenced Bollywood
Half a world away from Los Angeles, the Indian film industry awoke to news of the death of pop icon right plagiarism, they carried on the MJ tradition. Numerous film sound tracks copied the ‘Jackson sound' and many leading stars from Mithun Chakraborty to Govinda, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Prabhu Deva, made their mark by following MJ's gravity defying moves.
His influence extended to the shores of the Hindi film industry well before cable television and internet. In the early ‘80s when MJ's moves were swaying the world, Subhash Ghai's Meri Jung brought on Javed Jaffrey, break dancing to''Rock and Roll''. It was a first on the Bollywood screen and set off the break dance trend. News India Times recently caught up with Javed on the sets of Hello Darling, another Subhash Ghai production. "For me Michael Jackson was the ultimate showman," he said. "He knew how to package choreography, music, lyrics and the works.His legacy is unbeatable and history will remember him that way," he told NIT
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His influence extended to the shores of the Hindi film industry well before cable television and internet. In the early ‘80s when MJ's moves were swaying the world, Subhash Ghai's Meri Jung brought on Javed Jaffrey, break dancing to''Rock and Roll''. It was a first on the Bollywood screen and set off the break dance trend. News India Times recently caught up with Javed on the sets of Hello Darling, another Subhash Ghai production. "For me Michael Jackson was the ultimate showman," he said. "He knew how to package choreography, music, lyrics and the works.His legacy is unbeatable and history will remember him that way," he told NIT
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Labels: dancer, death of the pop icon, hindi film industry, jackson sound, king of pop, Los Angeles, michael jackson, michael jackson dead, michael jackson moves, mj tradition
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