For the Diaspora living in London and around, the kind of Bhangra that they were indulging in, was more of a mixture of hip-hop and western beats, an experiment that was initiated in a big way by Channi Singh, but now Shankar, Ehsan and Loy with Bhag Milkha Bhag have reinvented it and have restored it to its pristine glory.
Best part of the song is that there are forty people dancing to the earthy music, and even earthier lyrics, but there is no synchronization and coordination amongst the dancers, a rather norm of the song these days, where each dancer appears as if they are working as a cog of the wheel for a harmony and present a sanitized effect, but each dancer is in trance in his own way in the music and the ambience.
When a common man is dancing, and that too to celebrate an occasion that is how all of them dance, each in his own groovy way completely submerged in the occasion, and the final effect that is arrived at is what MastoKajhund has achieved.
What also stands out for the song is amazing lyrics by Prasoon Joshi, which have not been interspersed with Punjabi words, but it has been packaged with Hindi words, and this is what further adds to the charm of the song. Perhaps the idea of using such lyrics could be to connote the fact that for the dancers the lyrics are not important per se, and it has its value for the listener and the observer, the participant just immerses himself into the ambience.
By NalinRai
