Bang Bang Indian Movie Songs

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Manypeople underestimate the talent it takes to play a good cover and hence cover bands get a lot of undeserving hate and never get their due. These bands play songs of established artistes and try to mimic the artiste perfectly or sometimes add their spin on the number. They can remind us of how good a song is and its potential to sound even better. While well-established artistes charge an arm and leg for a show, cover bands can bring you a similar experience for less. They also provide the opportunity to re-live songs recorded by bands and artists that are retired or are no more. Here are eight some covers that got our attention and deserve love for their unique rendition of popular songs:

Petta Rap by Live Banned

Bengaluru-band Live Banned has taken an absolute classic ghana song composed by AR Rahman and fused it with the riffs from Rage Against the Machine. Live Banned notorious for their quirky and comic nature have delivered an absolute headbanger cover to the song while tipping their hats at the acclaimed rock band. This performance was on Music Mojo Season 3 - KappaTV.

Dil Se by Pineapple Express

This is a Carnatic rock fusion cover of another one of Rahman's classic songs Dil Se, from the movie Dil Se. The number opens with a rich Carnatic vocal scats and progressing on to heavy riffs it is a complete rock and roll take on the song. The song also features unexpected and pulsating instrumental solos on the flute and keyboard.

Yummy by Paula Rework

The Bengaluru-based band delivers a groovy lo-fi jazz cover of Yummy by Justin Bieber. Paula and the Associates have made the song their own and have interpreted the pop number with soulful instrumentation and slow tender vocals. The song starts with a bang and takes you on a groovy trip on a boat across the universe.

1776. 2002. 1 videodisc (166 min.). 1776 is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed. This is the DVD "restored" version which runs ca. 166 minutes -- longer than the theatrical release cut, yet shorter than the laserdisc "restored" version. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 4969

42nd street. 2006. 1 videodisc (89 min.). The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingenue, all set to a standout musical score. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 2068

8 femmes 8 women. 2002, 1 videodisc (111 min.). A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3755

A Chorus Line. 2003. 1 videodisc (118 min.). In preparation for a Broadway musical, a group of aspiring stage performers is put through their paces by a veteran stage director using some singular techniques. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 6893

Across the Universe. 2008. 2 videodiscs (133 min.). Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3985

All That Jazz. 2003. 1 videodisc (120 min.). The story of an obsessed, pill-popping chain-smoking choreographer/ director dancing simultaneously with love and death. But even while dying, he creates some great dancing. Based on the life of Bob Fosse. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 668

Amar, Akbar, Anthony. 2002?, 1 videodisc (168 min.). Eternal classics. Lavish action-filled account of the separation, separate lives, and eventual reunion of three brothers: one raised by a Hindu policeman, one raised by a Muslim tailor, and one raised by a Catholic priest. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3696

The American Ruling Class a Dramatic-Documentary-Musical. 2007. 1 videodisc (100 min.). Is there an American ruling class, and if so, how do you join? Two hapless Yale grads embark on a star-studded journey of meetings with America's establishment to unearth some uncomfortable answers and find out the truth about what the future really holds for them. A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question "Who rules America?". DVD 4759

Anastasia. 2005. 2 videodiscs (94 min.). Anastasia: A princess of Russia's Romanov family grows up in an orphanage after the assassination of her parents and separation from her grandmother, with only vague memories of her childhood, but she discovers her rightful heritage when she is recruited to pose as the lost princess by con men who want to claim a reward for her recovery.Bartok: When Price Ivan is kidnapped, it is up to Bartok to discover the real hero inside himself and rescue the young Romanoff even if it means confronting the evil witch Baba Yaga. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 4463

Anchors aweigh. 2000, 1 videodisc (140 min.). Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 4905

Aria. 1999. 1 videodisc (88 min.). Ten of the world's best-known film makers were given a free hand to make a short-film version of an operatic aria without necessarily following the aria's story line (for example, Rigoletto interpreted as a sex farce). The result is a succession of segments representing a variety of film-making styles. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 94

Babes in arms. 2007. 1 videodisc (93 min.). Learning that his parents are in financial straits, the son of a famous vaudeville team rounds up all the stage kids and puts on a lavish show to raise money. The future looks rosy until a hurricane washes the whole enterprise away on opening night. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 7871

Babes on Broadway. 2007. 1 videodisc (118 min.). One of the famous old musicals that combines captivating music and lavish production numbers by the master, Busby Berkeley. The story is the standard tale of two struggling Broadway hopefuls, and is filled with 16 song and dance numbers. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 7873

The Band Wagon. 2005. 1 videodisc (112 min.). A musical comedy satirizing theatrical production problems. Hollywood song-and-dance man Tony Hunter (Astaire) is persuaded by his friends Lester and Lily (Levant and Fabray) to star in a Broadway musical. He joins the show in New York where he is confronted by a prima ballerina (Charisse), a jealous and hostile choreographer (Mitchell) and a pig-headed producer-director (Buchanan). When the show flops at its New Haven opening, Tony must raise money and take over the production which becomes a Broadway smash. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1271

Bollywood Hollywood. 2005. 1 videodisc (105 min.). Rahul is dating Kimberly, a beautiful Caucasian pop star that his parents and grandmother are not fond of. When Kimberly dies in a freak accident, Rahul's mother takes advantage of the situation and demands that he become engaged to an Indian girl. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 7506

Bride & prejudice. 2005. 1 videodisc (111 min.). Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - is it love? HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1784

Brigadoon. 2005. 1 videodisc (108 min.). Two Americans stumble upon a Scottish village which comes to life for only one day a century. One of the men falls in love with a townswoman, and has to decide where his heart lies. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1951

The broadway melody. Org. 1929. 1 videodisc (100 min.). This is the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar. Anita Page and Bessie Love star as two sisters in love with the same man. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1995

Broadway melody of 1936. 2008, 2 videodiscs (101, 110 min.). Classic musicals double feature: Classic musicals double feature . An Albany girl-next-door poses as France's and Broadway's exotic La Belle Arlette. The '38 tale has her portraying a horse trainer who's just as much at ease in taps and tuxedo as she is in riding boots and jodhpurs. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 325

Broadway melody of 1940. 2003, 1 videodisc (102 min.). Classic musicals collection: Classic musicals collection. A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake in identity and all is resolved. MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 313

Bye bye Birdie. 1999. 1 videodisc (112 min.). When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 1531

Camp. 2004. 1 videodisc (110 min.). Guitarist Vlad attends Camp Ovation, the summer theater camp for budding actors, dancers, and musicians. Finding himself to be one of the only straight boys around, he soon befriends Ellen. Meanwhile, openly gay Michael develops a crush on him. This sparks dramatic confrontations among fellow campers Jenna, Jill, and Fritzi. The whole camp is run by Bert Hanley, a washed-up Broadway songwriter who decides to enlist the help of his young campers to put together a new musical production. DVD 12354

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