Jai Ho!

Strumming on his mandolin

Raj serenaded Simran from a thousand miles afar

and an entire nation rejoiced

when Anjali finally got her pehla pyaar

Jab we met, tera jadoo chal gaya

adhoora hai tum bin mera saaya

Himalay ki god mein thi Kashmir ki kali

aaya saawan jhoom ke, woh chali, woh chali

its not mad or stupid

its downright silly!

Sexy white saris

blue jeans with bangles and jhumkas

thappad ki goonj

and Munni ka thumka

It's another parallel world:

where the dulhan ki bua is always unmarried

and Bittoo loves tandoori kukkad

where NRI baujis crave aloo de parathe

and you can hit matchmaking gold

in a shaadi wala ghar

where Indo-Pak romances live, twenty-two years on

and songs are sung ainvayi

where even fruit-sellers spout dialogues

and Geet roams Ratlam ki gali

alluring, glittering

lurking under the arclights

it distorts reality

clouding minds

and making us dream again

When Yash Chopra becomes the poster boy for Swiss tourism

and a movie runs for a hundred weeks

when you dream of sarson de khet

you know you're part of the madness

an obsession that lives and breathes!

Jai Ho!